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Alfred Aho

Also Known As Alfred Vaino Aho · Alfred V. Aho · Al Aho
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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/

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Birth Year
1941 1
Birth Date
1941-08-09 1
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Invented

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

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    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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Alfred Aho (Wikidata)
  • Wikidata alias: Alfred Vaino Aho
    Alfred Vaino Aho
  • Wikidata P166: Great Teacher Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Great Teacher Award.
  • Wikidata P166: IEEE Fellow
    Wikidata P166 (award received): IEEE Fellow.
  • Wikidata P166: Turing Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Turing Award.
  • Wikidata P166: ACM Fellow
    Wikidata P166 (award received): ACM Fellow.
  • Wikidata P166: C&C Prize
    Wikidata P166 (award received): C&C Prize.
  • Wikidata P166: Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
  • Wikidata P166: IEEE John von Neumann Medal
    Wikidata P166 (award received): IEEE John von Neumann Medal.
  • Wikidata alias: Alfred V. Aho
    Alfred V. Aho
  • Wikidata alias: Al Aho
    Al Aho
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