Birger Møller-Pedersen
Encyclopedia
Birger Møller-Pedersen is a computer scientist
and Professor at the University of Oslo, Department of Informatics. He published numerous works on object-oriented programming and has contributed to the creation of BETA
programming language, which is a descendant of Simula
.
, Norway
. He teaches courses mainly in compiler design and programming languages.
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
and Professor at the University of Oslo, Department of Informatics. He published numerous works on object-oriented programming and has contributed to the creation of BETA
BETA
BETA is a pure object-oriented language originating within the "Scandinavian School" in object-orientation where the first object-oriented language Simula was developed....
programming language, which is a descendant of Simula
Simula
Simula is a name for two programming languages, Simula I and Simula 67, developed in the 1960s at the Norwegian Computing Center in Oslo, by Ole-Johan Dahl and Kristen Nygaard...
.
Academic work
Møller-Pedersen is a Professor at the Department of Informatics at the University of OsloUniversity of Oslo
The University of Oslo , formerly The Royal Frederick University , is the oldest and largest university in Norway, situated in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. The university was founded in 1811 and was modelled after the recently established University of Berlin...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. He teaches courses mainly in compiler design and programming languages.