Alfred Aho

Alfred Aho
Born
Alfred Vaino Aho

(1941-08-09) August 9, 1941 (age 83)
Timmins, Ontario, Canada
NationalityCanadian
American
Alma mater
Known for
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
InstitutionsColumbia University
Thesis Indexed Grammars: An Extension of Context Free Grammars  (1968)
Doctoral advisorJohn Hopcroft[1]
Doctoral students

Alfred Vaino Aho (born August 9, 1941) is a Canadian computer scientist best known for his work on programming languages, compilers, and related algorithms, and his textbooks on the art and science of computer programming.[2][3][4]

Aho was elected into the National Academy of Engineering in 1999 for his contributions to the fields of algorithms and programming tools.

He and his long-time collaborator Jeffrey Ullman are the recipients of the 2020 Turing Award, generally recognized as the highest distinction in computer science.[5]

  1. ^ Alfred Vaino Aho at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  2. ^ Aho, A.; Gottlob, G. (2014). "A front row seat to Communications' editorial transformation". Communications of the ACM. 57 (4): 5. doi:10.1145/2582611. S2CID 21553189.
  3. ^ Aho, A.V. (1990). "Algorithms for Finding Patterns in Strings". Handbook of Theoretical Computer Science. MIT Press. pp. 255–300.
  4. ^ "IT news, careers, business technology, reviews". Computerworld. Archived from the original on May 29, 2008. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
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