Jayadev Misra | |
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| Born | October 17, 1947 India |
| Citizenship | US |
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| Known for | Contributions in formal aspects of distributed and concurrent computing, in particular, projects Unity and Orc. |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer science |
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| Thesis | A Study of Strategies for Multistage Testing (1972) |
| Doctoral advisor | Harlan Mills |
| Website | "Jayadev Misra". |
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Jayadev Misra is an Indian-born computer scientist who has spent most of his professional career in the United States. He is the Schlumberger Centennial Chair Emeritus in computer science and a University Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus at the University of Texas at Austin. Professionally he is known for his contributions to the formal aspects of concurrent programming and for jointly spearheading, with Sir Tony Hoare, the project on Verified Software Initiative (VSI).