Bernard Vauquois

Bernard Vauquois
Born(1929-06-14)June 14, 1929
Paris, 16th arrondissement
DiedSeptember 30, 1985(1985-09-30) (aged 56)
NationalityFrench
EducationPh.D.
Occupation(s)Researcher, computer scientist, university professor
Known forPioneered computer science in France,
Machine translation (MT) theory and practice including Vauquois triangle
Founded Centre d'Étude pour la Traduction Automatique (CETA)
Helped define ALGOL 60
Founded The Center for Studies on Automatic Translation
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy, mathematics, computer science
InstitutionsFrench National Centre for Scientific Research, Meudon Observatory,
Grenoble University,
Association for Natural Language Processing (ATALA)
Thesis (1958)

Bernard Vauquois ((1929-06-14)June 14, 1929 — (1985-09-30)September 30, 1985[1]) was a French mathematician and computer scientist. He was a pioneer of computer science and machine translation (MT) in France. An astronomer-turned-computer scientist, he is known for his work on the programming language ALGOL 60, and later for extensive work on the theoretical and practical problems of MT, of which the eponymous Vauquois triangle is one of the most widely-known contributions.[1]

He was a professor at what would become the Grenoble Alpes University.[1]

  1. ^ a b c "The Finite String Newsletter: Bernard Vauquois pioneer of machine translation" (PDF). Computational Linguistics. 12 (1). January–March 1986. Retrieved 2023-02-28.