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Harlan Mills

Also Known As Harlan D. Mills · Harlan Duncan Mills
Software And Its Engineering

Harlan Duncan Mills (May 14, 1919 - January 8, 1996) was professor of computer science at the Florida Institute of Technology and founder of Software Engineering Technology, Inc. As an IBM research fellow he adapted ideas from engineering and computer science, including automata theory and the structured programming theory of Edsger Dijkstra, Robert W. Floyd and others, to software development; his Cleanroom software development process emphasized top-down design and formal specification, and he contributed his ideas across six books and over fifty refereed articles.

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Birth Year
1919 1
Birth Date
1919-05-14 1
Death Year
1996 1
Death Date
1996-01-08 1
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1. Harlan Mills - Wikipedia
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    Harlan Duncan Mills (May 14, 1919 - January 8, 1996) was professor of computer science at the Florida Institute of Technology and founder of Software Engineering Technology, Inc.
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    Harlan Duncan Mills (May 14, 1919 - January 8, 1996) was professor of computer science at the Florida Institute of Technology and founder of Software Engineering Technology, Inc.
  • Infobox, Died field (year)
    Harlan Duncan Mills (May 14, 1919 - January 8, 1996) was professor of computer science at the Florida Institute of Technology and founder of Software Engineering Technology, Inc.
  • Lead paragraph, opening sentence (death)
    Harlan Duncan Mills (May 14, 1919 - January 8, 1996) was professor of computer science at the Florida Institute of Technology and founder of Software Engineering Technology, Inc.
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Harlan Mills (Wikidata)
  • Wikidata alias: Harlan D. Mills
    Harlan D. Mills
  • Wikidata P166: Computer Pioneer Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Computer Pioneer Award.
  • Wikidata P166: IBM Fellow
    Wikidata P166 (award received): IBM Fellow.
  • Wikidata alias: Harlan Duncan Mills
    Harlan Duncan Mills
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