Mark Nemenman is a Soviet

Soviet Union

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 computer scientist

Computer science

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, notable as a pioneer in systems programming and programming language

Programming language

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 research. He was one of the main developers of the AKI language (in Russian

Russian language

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 АКИ - АвтоКод ИНЖЕНЕР - Engineer's Autocode) in 1964, before BASIC

BASIC

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 became known. He led the development of system software for Minsk-32, the most popular of Minsk family of computers

Minsk family of computers

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.

He was awarded Lenin Komsomol Prize

Lenin Komsomol Prize

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 in 1970, received his Ph.D. in 1975 (scientific advisor - Andrey Ershov

Andrey Ershov

Academician Andrey Petrovych Ershov was a Soviet computer scientist, notable as a pioneer in systems programming and programming language research. He was responsible for the languages ALPHA and Rapira, AIST-0 the first Soviet time-sharing system, electronic publishing system RUBIN, and MRAMOR, a...

), Professor since 1984.

Mark Nemenman authored more than 70 papers and 5 books.

Books

• Nemenman Programming in AKI Minsk, 1972
• Kushnerev, Nemenman, Tsagelsky Programming for Computer Minsk-32 Moscow, 1973
• Lopato, Nemenman, Pykhtin, Tikmenov Personal-professional Computers Moscow, 1988
• Belokurskaya, Emelyanchik, Nemenman Personal Computers ES. Abacus Package Moscow, 1988
• Bryabrin, Landau, Nemenman Microprocessor Tools and Systems Moscow, 1990

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