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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AwardOfficer of the Legion of Honour 1 AwardOfficer of the National Order of Merit 1 AwardCommander of the French Order of Academic Palms 1 AwardHonorary doctor of the University of Bologna 1 Connections
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Maurice Paul Nivat (21 December 1937 - 21 September 2017) was a French computer scientist.
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