James Gosling | |
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 Gosling in 2008 | |
| Born | James Arthur Gosling May 19, 1955 |
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| Known for | Java (programming language) Gosling Emacs |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | Officer of the Order of Canada
IEEE John von Neumann Medal The Economist Innovation Award NAE Foreign Member Fellow Computer History Museum |
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| Thesis | Algebraic Constraints (1983) |
| Doctoral advisor | Bob Sproull and Raj Reddy[2] |
James Arthur Gosling OC (born 19 May 1955) is a Canadian computer scientist, best known as the founder and lead designer behind the Java programming language.[3]
Gosling was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2004 for the conception and development of the architecture for the Java programming language and for contributions to window systems.
- ^ I've moved again : On a New Road. Nighthacks.com. Retrieved on 2016-05-17.
- ^ James Gosling at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ "James Gosling - Computing History". Computinghistory.org.uk. Retrieved October 9, 2017.