Stephen Wolfram is a British-American computer scientist, physicist and businessman who works in computer algebra and theoretical physics; he was named a fellow of the American Mathematical Society in 2012. As a businessman, Wolfram is the founder and CEO of the software company Wolfram Research, where he works as chief designer of the Mathematica computation system and the Wolfram Alpha answer engine.
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AwardFriedrich L. Bauer Prize 1 AwardMacArthur Fellows Program 1 AwardFellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1 AwardFellow of the American Mathematical Society 1 Connections
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born 29 August 1959
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It was conceived by Stephen Wolfram, and is developed by Wolfram Research of Champaign, Illinois.
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