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Alfred Aho

Also Known As Alfred Vaino Aho · Alfred V. Aho · Al Aho
Software And Its Engineering

Alfred Vaino Aho 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. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Birth Year
1941 1
Birth Date
1941-08-09 1
Award
Great Teacher Award 2
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IEEE Fellow 2
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Turing Award 2
Award
ACM Fellow 2
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C&C Prize 2
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Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2
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IEEE John von Neumann Medal 2
Connections

Invented

Aho-Corasick Algorithm, Algorithms

Alfred Aho co-invented this string-matching algorithm with Margaret Corasick at Bell Labs, published in 1975.

Source Wikipedia: Alfred Aho
AWK, Programming Languages
Source Wikidata: AWK
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1. Wikipedia: Alfred Aho
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  • Lead section
    Alfred Vaino Aho 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.
  • Infobox, Born
    August 9, 1941
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2. Wikidata: Alfred Aho
Wikidata Q62898, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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