Jeffrey Ullman | |
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| Born | November 22, 1942 |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater | Columbia University (BS) Princeton University (PhD) |
| Known for | database theory, database systems, formal language theory |
| Awards | ACM Fellow (1994) Knuth Prize (2000) IEEE John von Neumann Medal (2010) Turing Award (2020) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Stanford University |
| Thesis | Synchronization Error Correcting Codes[1] (1966) |
| Doctoral advisor | Arthur Bernstein, Archie McKellar |
| Doctoral students | |
Jeffrey David Ullman (born November 22, 1942)[2] is an American computer scientist and the Stanford W. Ascherman Professor of Engineering, Emeritus, at Stanford University. His textbooks on compilers (various editions are popularly known as the dragon book), theory of computation (also known as the Cinderella book), data structures, and databases are regarded as standards in their fields. He and his long-time collaborator Alfred Aho are the recipients of the 2020 Turing Award, generally recognized as the highest distinction in computer science.[3]