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Jim Gray

American computer scientist (1944-2007/2012) · United States · On the map · Died at 68

James Nicholas Gray was an American computer scientist who received the Turing Award in 1998 "for seminal contributions to database and transaction processing research and technical leadership in system implementation".

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2012Died28 January 20122004Honorary Doctor of Paris Dauphine UniversityAward1998Charles Babbage AwardAwardTuring AwardAward1994ACM FellowAward1993SIGMOD Edgar F. Codd Innovations AwardAward1988ACM Software System AwardAward1944Born12 January 1944

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Honorary Doctor of Paris Dauphine University2004
Turing Award1998
Charles Babbage Award1998
ACM Fellow1994
SIGMOD Edgar F. Codd Innovations Award1993
ACM Software System Award1988

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United States
Status
Deceased
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Lived 1944 to 2012 · aged 68

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