Gordon Plotkin
Scottish computer scientist · United Kingdom · On the map · Scientists · Born 1946 · age 80
Gordon David Plotkin is a theoretical computer scientist in the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh. Plotkin is probably best known for his introduction of structural operational semantics (SOS) and his work on denotational semantics.
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2023Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesAward2020ACM FellowAward2018Lovelace MedalAward2014EATCS awardAward2012Milner Award and LectureAward2010Programming Languages Achievement AwardAward1946Born9 September 1946
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In particular, his notes on A Structural Approach to Operational Semantics were very influential. He has contributed to many other areas of computer science.
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Born 1946 · age 80
