Cleve Barry Moler (August 17, 1939 - May 20, 2026) was an American mathematician and computer programmer who specialized in numerical analysis. In the mid to late 1970s he was one of the authors of the LINPACK and EISPACK Fortran numerical computing libraries, created MATLAB to give his University of New Mexico students easy access to them without writing Fortran, and in 1984 co-founded MathWorks with Jack Little to commercialize the program.
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AwardFellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics 2 Awardhonorary doctorate from the University of Waterloo 2 AwardIEEE John von Neumann Medal 2 Awardhonorary doctor of Linköping University 2 Cleve Moler
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Where does the name MATLAB come from?
It is short for matrix laboratory, the name Cleve Moler gave his first interactive matrix calculator.
MATLAB comes from the phrase matrix laboratory. Cleve Moler gave that name to the first version he built in the 1970s, a simple interactive calculator for matrices, written after he had co-authored the LINPACK and EISPACK Fortran libraries, so that his students could avoid Fortran programming.
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Cleve Barry Moler (August 17, 1939 – May 20, 2026) was an American mathematician and computer programmer who specialized in numerical analysis.
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Cleve Barry Moler (August 17, 1939 - May 20, 2026) was an American mathematician and computer programmer who specialized in numerical analysis.
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Wikidata alias: Cleve Barry Moler
Cleve Barry Moler
Wikidata P166: Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Wikidata P166 (award received): Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
Wikidata P166: Computer Pioneer Award
Wikidata P166 (award received): Computer Pioneer Award.
Wikidata P166: honorary doctorate from the University of Waterloo
Wikidata P166 (award received): honorary doctorate from the University of Waterloo.
Wikidata P166: IEEE John von Neumann Medal
Wikidata P166 (award received): IEEE John von Neumann Medal.
Wikidata P166: Sidney Fernbach Award
Wikidata P166 (award received): Sidney Fernbach Award.
Wikidata P166: honorary doctor of Linköping University
Wikidata P166 (award received): honorary doctor of Linköping University.
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