Kristen Nygaard
Norwegian computer scientist and mathematician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kristen Nygaard (27 August 1926 – 10 August 2002) was a Norwegian computer scientist, programming language pioneer, and politician. Internationally, Nygaard is acknowledged as the co-inventor of object-oriented programming and the programming language Simula with Ole-Johan Dahl in the 1960s. Nygaard and Dahl received the 2001 A. M. Turing Award for their contribution to computer science.
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Born | (1926-08-27)27 August 1926 Oslo, Norway |
Died | 10 August 2002(2002-08-10) (aged 75) Oslo,[1] Norway |
Citizenship | Norway |
Education | M.Sc., University of Oslo (1956) |
Known for | Object-oriented programming Simula |
Awards | Turing Award (2001) IEEE John von Neumann Medal (2002) Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav Norbert Wiener Award for Social and Professional Responsibility |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Computer science |
Institutions | Norwegian Defense Research Establishment Norwegian Operational Research Society Norwegian Computing Center Aarhus University University of Oslo Simula Research Laboratory |
Thesis | Theoretical Aspects of Monte Carlo methods (1956) |
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