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Edsger W. Dijkstra
Edsger Wybe Dijkstra was a Dutch computer scientist, programmer, mathematician, and science essayist.
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science · Dutch computer scientist (1930–2002) · mathematician · physicist · computer scientist · engineer · university teacher · information scientist · programmer · also Edsger W. Dijkstra, Dijkstra
Born 11 May 1930 · Died 6 August 2002 · Q8556
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Published “Short-course radiotherapy followed by chemotherapy before total mesorectal excision (TME) versus preoperative chemoradiotherapy, TME, and optional adjuvant chemotherapy in locally advanced rectal cancer (RAPIDO): a randomised, open-label, phase 3 trial” in The Lancet Oncology — cited 1,500 times.
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2019· 1 entry
Published “Short Chain Fatty Acids (SCFAs)-Mediated Gut Epithelial and Immune Regulation and Its Relevance for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases” in Frontiers in Immunology — cited 3,079 times.
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2018· 1 entry
Published “International validation of the consensus Immunoscore for the classification of colon cancer: a prognostic and accuracy study” in The Lancet — cited 1,837 times.
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2015· 1 entry
Published “Consistent Partial Least Squares Path Modeling1” in MIS Quarterly — cited 2,379 times.
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2014· 1 entry
Published “Common Beliefs and Reality About PLS” in Organizational Research Methods — cited 2,880 times.
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2013· 1 entry
Published “LOFAR: The LOw-Frequency ARray” in Astronomy & Astrophysics — cited 2,303 times.
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2012· 1 entry
Published “Consensus Standards for Acquisition, Measurement, and Reporting of Intravascular Optical Coherence Tomography Studies” in Journal of the American College of Cardiology — cited 1,700 times.
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2005· 1 entry
This award recognizes the top academic performance by a graduating computer science major
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2004· 1 entry
Published “Effectiveness and efficiency of guideline dissemination and implementation strategies” in Health Technology Assessment — cited 1,991 times.
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2002· 5 entries
Died 2002-08-06.
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Awarded Dijkstra Prize (2002).
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Awarded C&C Prize (2002).
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Dijkstra received the ACM PODC Influential-Paper Award in distributed computing for his work on self-stabilization of program computation
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The C&C Foundation of Japan recognized Dijkstra "for his pioneering contributions to the establishment of the scientific basis for computer software through creative research in basic software theory, algorithm theory, s
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1994· 1 entry
Awarded ACM Fellow (1994).
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1992· 1 entry
Published “The <i>α</i>/<i>β</i> hydrolase fold” in "Protein Engineering, Design and Selection" — cited 1,834 times.
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1990· 2 entries
For a job interview, Dijkstra gave him a puzzle
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On occasion of Dijkstra's 60th birthday, the Department of Computer Science (UTCS) at the University of Texas at Austin organized a two-day seminar in his honor
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1984· 2 entries
Working in Austin, USA, until his retirement in November 1999
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To the University of Texas at Austin (USA), a new 'branch' of the Tuesday Afternoon Club emerged in Austin, Texas
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1982· 1 entry
Awarded Computer Pioneer Award (1982).
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1975· 1 entry
Published “Guarded commands, nondeterminacy and formal derivation of programs” in Communications of the ACM — cited 1,384 times.
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1974· 2 entries
Awarded Harry H. Goode Memorial Award (1974).
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Published “Self-stabilizing systems in spite of distributed control” in Communications of the ACM — cited 1,550 times.
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1972· 3 entries
Awarded Turing Award (1972).
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“We must not forget that it is not our [computing scientists”
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For his advocacy of structured programming, a programming paradigm that makes use of structured control flow as opposed to unstructured jumps to different sections in a program using Goto statements
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1971· 2 entries
Awarded Fellow of the British Computer Society (1971).
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The first election was made, to Dijkstra
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1969· 1 entry
The British Computer Society (BCS) received approval for an award and fellowship, Distinguished Fellow of the British Computer Society (DFBCS), to be awarded under bylaw 7 of their royal charter
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1962· 2 entries
Dijkstra moved to Eindhoven, and later to Nuenen, in the south of the Netherlands, where he became a professor in the Mathematics Department at the Eindhoven University of Technology
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Moved to Eindhoven, and later to Nuenen, where he became a professor in the Mathematics Department at the Technische Hogeschool Eindhoven
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1959· 3 entries
Published “A note on two problems in connexion with graphs” in Numerische Mathematik — cited 18,498 times.
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Received his PhD from the University of Amsterdam for a thesis entitled 'Communication with an Automatic Computer', devoted to a description of the assembly language designed for the first commercial computer develope
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Studied at University of Amsterdam, Doctor of Philosophy (1956–1959).
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1957· 1 entry
Was required as a part of the marriage rites to state his profession
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1956· 2 entries
Studied at Leiden University (1948–1956).
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And in 1960 developed the first compiler for the programming language ALGOL 60 in conjunction with colleague Jaap A
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1951· 1 entry
Studied at University of Cambridge (1951–1951).
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1948· 2 entries
At his parents' suggestion he studied mathematics and physics and then theoretical physics at the University of Leiden
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Studied at Gymnasium Erasmianum (1948).
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1930· 1 entry
Born 1930-05-11.
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