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Alfred Aho

Canadian computer scientist · Canada · Developers · Born 1941 · age 85

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Alfred Vaino Aho is a Canadian computer scientist best known for his work on programming languages, compilers, and related algorithms, and his textbooks on the art and science of computer programming.

A life in dates

2020Turing AwardAward2017C&C PrizeAward2003Great Teacher AwardAwardIEEE John von Neumann MedalAward1996ACM FellowAward1941Born9 August 1941

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Awards

Turing Award2020

C&C Prize2017

IEEE John von Neumann Medal2003

Great Teacher Award2003

ACM Fellow1996

IEEE Fellow

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Canada

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Makoto NagaoBoth received C&C Prize

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