Pioneers

David Gelernter

Parallel Computing

Citation Formats

General Reference

Computing Atlas. "David Gelernter." Accessed September 1, 2026. https://computing.interactiveatlas.org/pioneers/david-gelernter.

APA Style

Computing Atlas. (n.d.). David Gelernter. Retrieved September 1, 2026, from https://computing.interactiveatlas.org/pioneers/david-gelernter

BibTeX

@misc{computingatlas-david-gelernter,
  author = {Computing Atlas},
  title = {David Gelernter},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://computing.interactiveatlas.org/pioneers/david-gelernter},
  note = {Accessed September 1, 2026}
}

David Hillel Gelernter is an American computer scientist and writer who was a professor of computer science at Yale University. He is known for contributions to parallel computation in the 1980s and for books on topics such as computed worlds, including Mirror Worlds.

Facts

Birth Date

1955-03-05 1

Sources

1. Wikipedia: David Gelernter

Wikimedia FoundationLead section

Quote, Lead section

born March 5, 1955

View the Source

Comments (0)

No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.

Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)

No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.

View At A Past Year

The atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.

Switch Atlas

The Inner World

The Civil World

The Natural World