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David S. Johnson

American computer scientist (1945-2016) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 70

David Stifler Johnson was an American computer scientist specializing in algorithms and optimization. He was the head of the Algorithms and Optimization Department of AT&T Labs Research from 1988 to 2013, and was a visiting professor at Columbia University from 2014 to 2016. He was awarded the 2010 Knuth Prize.

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2016Died8 March 20162010Knuth PrizeAward2009Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied MathematicsAward1995ACM FellowAward1979Frederick W. Lanchester PrizeAward1945Born9 December 1945

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Awards

Knuth Prize2010
Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics2009
ACM Fellow1995
Frederick W. Lanchester Prize1979

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1945 to 2016 · aged 70