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Alfred Aho
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Canadian computer scientist
OverviewAI-generated
Alfred Vaino Aho, born on August 9, 1941, in Timmins, is a Canadian computer scientist, engineer, and programmer. He is a male who speaks English and holds citizenship in Canada. Aho was educated at the University of Toronto and Princeton University, where John Edward Hopcroft served as his doctoral advisor. He is employed by Columbia University and works in the field of computer science.
Aho is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Association for Computing Machinery. He has received the IEEE John von Neumann Medal, and is an ACM Fellow, IEEE Fellow, and Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His notable work includes *Principles of Compiler Design*.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 0
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Chile
Discography
- Four Directions2010
- Ancient Tribes2011
- Metakia2013
- Light Around Us2014
- Taitas2015
- Calling The Most High2015
- Mensajero2015
- Universo Infinito2016
- El Ritual2016
- Calumet2017
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Synthesis of graphene-based nanosheets via chemical reduction of exfoliated graphite oxide
· 2007 · cited 13,137x
- Mutation and Cancer: Statistical Study of Retinoblastoma
· 1971 · cited 5,405x
- G PROTEINS: TRANSDUCERS OF RECEPTOR-GENERATED SIGNALS
· 1987 · cited 5,001x
- Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2022 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association
· 2022 · cited 4,828x
- The Somatic Genomic Landscape of Glioblastoma
· 2013 · cited 4,495x
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Quotes
- “Fundamentally, computer science is a science of abstraction — creating the right model for thinking about a problem and devising the appropriate mechanizable techniques to solve it.”
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Key facts
- Born
- Alfred Vaino Aho , ( 1941-08-09 ) August 9, 1941 (age 84) , Timmins , Ontario, Canada
- Education
- University of Toronto ( BASc ) Princeton University ( MA , PhD )
- Known for
- Awk programming language Principles of Compiler Design Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools Aho-Corasick algorithm
- Awards
- Bell Labs Fellow (1984) FAAAS (1986) IEEE Fellow (1988) FACM (1996) IEEE John von Neumann Medal (2003) NAE Member NAS Member Turing Award (2020)
- Fields
- Computer science
- Institutions
- Columbia University
- Thesis
- Indexed Grammars: An Extension of Context Free Grammars (1968)
- Doctoral advisor
- John Hopcroft
- Doctoral students
- Krysta Svore Gaurav Kc Marc Eaddy Marcio Buss
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Encyclopedic overview
Alfred Vaino Aho (born August 9, 1941) is a Canadian computer scientist best known for his work on programming languages, compilers, and related algorithms, and his textbooks on the art and science of computer programming.
Aho was elected into the National Academy of Engineering in 1999 for his contributions to the fields of algorithms and programming tools.
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