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Ken Batcher

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Kenneth Edward Batcher (December 27, 1935, to August 22, 2019) was an American academic and emeritus professor of computer science at Kent State University. He also worked as a computer architect at Goodyear Aerospace in Akron, Ohio for 28 years.

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Birth Year
1935 1
Birth Date
1935-12-27 1
Death Year
2019 1
Death Date
2019-08-22 1
Nationality
American 1
Ken Batcher
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Invented

Ken Batcher published his odd-even merge sorting network in 1968.

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1. Ken Batcher, Wikipedia
  • Background, birth sentence (year)
    Kenneth Edward Batcher was born on December 27, 1935 in Queens, New York
  • Background, birth sentence (full date)
    Kenneth Edward Batcher was born on December 27, 1935 in Queens, New York
  • Background, death sentence (year)
    Batcher died in Stow, Ohio on August 22, 2019, at the age of 83.
  • Background, death sentence (full date)
    Batcher died in Stow, Ohio on August 22, 2019, at the age of 83.
  • Lead sentence, nationality
    was an American academic who was emeritus professor of Computer Science at Kent State University.
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