Heinz Billing (April 7, 1914 to January 4, 2017) was a German physicist and computer scientist, widely considered a pioneer in the construction of computer systems and computer data storage, who built a prototype laser interferometric gravitational wave detector. He received the Konrad Zuse Medal of the Gesellschaft fur Informatik in 1987, the award's inaugural year.
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AwardOfficer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1 AwardBavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art 1 Connections
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