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William Kahan

Canadian mathematician and computer scientist · Canada · Academics · Born 1933 · age 93

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William "Velvel" Morton Kahan is a Canadian mathematician and computer scientist, who is a professor emeritus at University of California, Berkeley. He received the Turing Award in 1989 for "his fundamental contributions to numerical analysis."

A life in dates

2000IEEE Emanuel R. Piore AwardAward1998Honorary Doctorate from the University of WaterlooAward1994ACM FellowAward1989Turing AwardAward1933Born5 June 1933

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Awards

IEEE Emanuel R. Piore Award2000
Honorary Doctorate from the University of Waterloo1998
ACM Fellow1994
Turing Award1989

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Country
Canada
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
living
Dates
Born 1933 · age 93

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