Home›Algorithm›Invented ByBrowse ByInvented ByThis dimension names the person credited with inventing a computing concept. Wikipedia notes that "an expert in the field is known as a computer scientist," and it is usually one such named scientist who first described a given concept. Browsing this way collects every concept credited to the same inventor.FactsInvented BySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested825 CE 1Invented ByFilter Results14 entriesConcept KindAllGraph Algorithms (4)Optimization and Machine Learning Algorithms (2)Sorting and Searching Algorithms (2)String Matching and Compression Algorithms (1)Origin EraAll1945 (1)1956 (3)1959 (1)1962 (1)1975 (1)1977 (2)1986 (1)1987 (2)1996 (2)FieldAllAlgorithms and Complexity Theory (11)Artificial Intelligence (2)Cryptography (1)Machine Learning (1)Birth DateAll1903-12-28 (1)1924-08-14 (1)1927-09-23 (1)1929-02-02 (1)1930-05-11 (1)1931-09-01 (1)1934-01-11 (1)1935-01-03 (1)1938-01-10 (1)1947-12-06 (1)1948-04-30 (1)1952-07-06 (1)1973-03-26 (1)1973-08-21 (1)Birth YearAll1903 (1)1924 (1)1927 (1)1929 (1)1930 (1)1931 (1)1934 (1)1935 (1)1938 (1)1947 (1)1948 (1)1952 (1)1973 (2)Contribution KindAllAlgorithm (5)Theory (2)Death DateAll1957-02-08 (1)1976-01-10 (1)2002-08-06 (1)2015-08-09 (1)2017-02-26 (1)2026-03-05 (1)2026-04-14 (1)Death YearAll1957 (1)1976 (1)2002 (1)2015 (1)2017 (1)2026 (2)Highest HonourAllNobel Prize (1)Turing Award (6)NationalityAllAmerican (2)British (1)British-Canadian (1)Dutch (1)Hungarian-American (1)Israeli (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareAdi ShamirInvented By1 entryD. R. FulkersonInvented By1 entryDonald KnuthInvented By1 entryEdsger W. DijkstraInvented By1 entryGeoffrey HintonInvented By1 entryJohn Henry HollandInvented By1 entryJohn von NeumannInvented By2 entriesL. R. Ford Jr.Invented By1 entryLarry PageInvented By1 entryMichael O. RabinInvented By1 entryRichard M. KarpInvented By1 entryRobert TarjanInvented By1 entrySergey BrinInvented By1 entryTony HoareInvented By1 entrySources1. Wikipedia: Algorithmtier 2WikipediaAlgorithm, Etymology sectionQuote, Algorithm, Etymology sectionAround 825 AD, Persian scientist and polymath al-Khwarizmi wrote kitāb al-ḥisāb al-hindī ("Book of Indian computation") and kitab al-jam' wa'l-tafriq al-ḥisāb al-hindī ("Addition and subtraction in Indian arithmetic").View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.