Edsger Wybe Dijkstra

Schlumberger Centennial Chair in Computer Sciences
Professor of Mathematics
Kandidaatsexamen, Mathematics and Physics (1951),
Doctoraal Examen, Theoretical Physics (1956)
University of Leyden
Ph.D. (1959), University of Amsterdam

Honors and Awards

Areas of Interest

Program correctness, mathematical methodology algorithms, and systems

Summary of Research

My area of interest focuses on the streamlining of the mathematical argument so as to increase our powers of reasoning, in particular, by the use of formal techniques.

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