Computing Atlas

How Computing Was Built
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme

Switch Atlas

Pioneer

William Kahan

Also Known As William Morton Kahan
Theory of Computation

William Velvel Morton Kahan is a Canadian mathematician and computer scientist, who is a professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. He received the Turing Award in 1989 for his fundamental contributions to numerical analysis. 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
1933 1
Birth Date
1933-06-05 1
In the Other Atlases
Sources
1. Wikipedia: William Kahan
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    William ‘Velvel’ Morton Kahan (born June 5, 1933) is a Canadian mathematician and computer scientist, who is a professor emeritus at University of California, Berkeley. He received the Turing Award in 1989 for 'his fundamental contributions to numerical analysis.'
  • Infobox, Born
    June 5, 1933
View the Source
William Kahan (Wikidata)
  • Wikidata alias: William Morton Kahan
    William Morton Kahan
  • Wikidata P166: Turing Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Turing Award.
  • Wikidata P166: ACM Fellow
    Wikidata P166 (award received): ACM Fellow.
  • Wikidata P166: IEEE Emanuel R. Piore Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): IEEE Emanuel R. Piore Award.
  • Wikidata P166: honorary doctorate from the University of Waterloo
    Wikidata P166 (award received): honorary doctorate from the University of Waterloo.
View the Source
Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.