Dijkstra, pioneer of computer science, dies
News Edsger Wybe Dijkstra, one of the creators of the art and science of computer programming, has died. In 1973, Dijkstra became a Research Fellow for Burroughs, then one of the major computer companies, and in 1984 became a full professor at the...
[August 8, 2002, 15:17]
Name your top tech heroes
News Perhaps Edsger Wybe Dijkstra, one of the creators of the art and science of computer programming, who died earlier this month, would be in your top five. Following this week's news that Charles Babbage, Alan Turing and Tim Berners-Lee have all been...
[August 23, 2002, 11:56]
Internet founding fathers win Turing Award
News Recipients include Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie, definers of Unix and operating system theory in general; Edsger Dijkstra, who laid the groundwork for programming as an engineering discipline; Douglas Englebart, who foresaw the nature of...
[February 16, 2005, 15:25]
