Alfred Aho

Alfred Aho
Alfred Aho
Born	Alfred Vaino Aho; August 9, 1941 (age 83); Timmins, Ontario, Canada
Nationality	Canadian; American
Alma mater	University of Toronto; Princeton University;
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; Turing Award (2020);
	Scientific career
Fields	Computer science
Institutions	Columbia University
Thesis	Indexed Grammars: An Extension of Context Free Grammars (1968)

Alfred Vaino Aho (born August 9, 1941) is a Canadian computer scientist. He is best known for his work on programming languages, compilers, and related algorithms. He has written many textbooks on the art and science of computer programming.^[2]^[3]^[4] He and his long-time partner Jeffrey Ullman are the recipients of the 2020 Turing Award.

References

↑ Alfred Vaino Aho at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
↑ Aho, A.; Gottlob, G. (2014). "A front row seat to Communications' editorial transformation". Communications of the ACM. 57 (4): 5. doi:10.1145/2582611. S2CID 21553189.
↑ Aho, A.V. (1990). "Algorithms for Finding Patterns in Strings". Handbook of Theoretical Computer Science. MIT Press. pp. 255–300.
↑ Computerworld Interview with Alfred V. Aho Archived May 29, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

[mathgene-1] Alfred Vaino Aho at the Mathematics Genealogy Project

[2] Aho, A.; Gottlob, G. (2014). "A front row seat to Communications' editorial transformation". Communications of the ACM. 57 (4): 5. doi:10.1145/2582611. S2CID 21553189.

[3] Aho, A.V. (1990). "Algorithms for Finding Patterns in Strings". Handbook of Theoretical Computer Science. MIT Press. pp. 255–300.

[4] Computerworld Interview with Alfred V. Aho Archived May 29, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

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Alfred Aho
Born	Alfred Vaino Aho (1941-08-09) August 9, 1941 (age 83) Timmins, Ontario, Canada
Nationality	Canadian American
Alma mater	University of Toronto Princeton University
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 Turing Award (2020)
Scientific career
Fields	Computer science
Institutions	Columbia University
Thesis	Indexed Grammars: An Extension of Context Free Grammars (1968)