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Maurice Nivat

Also Known As Maurice Paul Nivat
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Maurice Paul Nivat (1937-2017) was a French computer scientist whose research spanned formal languages, programming language semantics, and discrete geometry. A 2006 honorary doctorate citation called him one of the fathers of theoretical computer science, and he was a professor at the University Paris Diderot until 2001.

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Birth Year
1937 1
Birth Date
1937-12-21 2
Death Year
2017 2
Death Date
2017-09-21 2
Nationality
French 2
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Officer of the Legion of Honour 1
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EATCS award 1
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Officer of the National Order of Merit 1
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Commander of the French Order of Academic Palms 1
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Honorary doctor of the University of Bologna 1
Contribution Kind
Theory 2
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Source Wikipedia: Maurice Nivat
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1. Wikidata: Maurice Nivat
  • Wikidata Q3301202, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q3301202 P569 (date of birth)
2. Wikipedia: Maurice Nivat
  • Lead sentence, birth and death dates
    Maurice Paul Nivat (21 December 1937 - 21 September 2017) was a French computer scientist.
  • Lead paragraph
    His research in computer science spanned the areas of formal languages, programming language semantics, and discrete geometry.
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