International Informatics On the Occasion of Aad van Wijngaarden’s 100th Birthday

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Publication date 07-2016
Journal ERCIM News
Volume | Issue number 106
Pages (from-to) 6-7
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI)
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Korteweg-de Vries Institute for Mathematics (KdVI)
Abstract Building up informatica, as computer science came to be called in The Netherlands, has been an international affair. Aad van Wijngaarden, 1916 - 1987, founding father of Dutch computer science was responsible for forging international collaboration and helping to make informatics an international endeavour. His influence reached from cooperative efforts in building computers in the 1940s to Algol68, the epitome of his style of computing. CWI commemorates his 100th birthday this year.
Document type Article
Language English
Published at https://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en106
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