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David Parnas

Canadian software engineer · Canada · Academics · Born 1941 · age 85

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David Lorge Parnas is a Canadian early pioneer of software engineering, who developed the concept of information hiding in modular programming, which is an important element of object-oriented programming today. He is also noted for his advocacy of precise documentation.

A life in dates

1999Harlan D. Mills AwardAward1994ACM FellowAward1987Norbert Wiener Award for Social and Professional ResponsibilityAward1986Honorary Doctor of ETH ZürichAward1941Born10 February 1941

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Awards

Harlan D. Mills Award1999
ACM Fellow1994
Norbert Wiener Award for Social and Professional Responsibility1987
Honorary Doctor of ETH Zürich1986
Honorary doctor of the Catholic University of Louvain
Honorary Doctor of the Vienna Technical University

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Country
Canada
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
living
Dates
Born 1941 · age 85

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