Peter Wegner
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Peter Wegner is an American
computer scientist who has made significant contributions to both the theory of object-oriented programming
during 80's and to the relevance of Church-Turing thesis for empirical aspects of computer science
during 90's and present. The seminal work for his previous occupation is On Understanding Types which was co-authored with Luca Cardelli
. For his latter undertaking, he has co-authored several papers and co-edited a book (Interactive Computation: the New Paradigm) which was published in 2006.
Wegner was inducted as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery
(ACM) in 1995. In 1999, he was awarded the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art (“Ehrenkreuz”) but was hit by a bus and sustained serious brain injuries when on a trip to London to receive his award. Fortunately, he miraculously recovered after a lengthy coma.
He is the former editor-in-chief of ACM Computing Surveys
and of The Brown Faculty Bulletin and is currently an emeritus professor at Brown University
.
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computer scientist who has made significant contributions to both the theory of object-oriented programming
Object-oriented programming
Object-oriented programming is a programming paradigm using "objects" – data structures consisting of data fields and methods together with their interactions – to design applications and computer programs. Programming techniques may include features such as data abstraction,...
during 80's and to the relevance of Church-Turing thesis for empirical aspects of computer science
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...
during 90's and present. The seminal work for his previous occupation is On Understanding Types which was co-authored with Luca Cardelli
Luca Cardelli
Luca Cardelli is an Italian computer scientist who is currently an Assistant Director at Microsoft Research in Cambridge, UK. Cardelli is well-known for his research in type theory and operational semantics. Among other contributions he implemented the first compiler for the functional programming...
. For his latter undertaking, he has co-authored several papers and co-edited a book (Interactive Computation: the New Paradigm) which was published in 2006.
Wegner was inducted as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery
Association for Computing Machinery
The Association for Computing Machinery is a learned society for computing. It was founded in 1947 as the world's first scientific and educational computing society. Its membership is more than 92,000 as of 2009...
(ACM) in 1995. In 1999, he was awarded the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art (“Ehrenkreuz”) but was hit by a bus and sustained serious brain injuries when on a trip to London to receive his award. Fortunately, he miraculously recovered after a lengthy coma.
He is the former editor-in-chief of ACM Computing Surveys
ACM Computing Surveys
ACM Computing Surveys is a peer reviewed scientific journal published by the Association for Computing Machinery. The journal publishes survey articles and tutorials related to computer science and computing. It was founded in 1969; the first editor-in-chief was William S...
and of The Brown Faculty Bulletin and is currently an emeritus professor at Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
.
External links
- Peter Wegner’s Home Page.
- Peter Wegner. Mathematics Genealogy ProjectMathematics Genealogy ProjectThe Mathematics Genealogy Project is a web-based database for the academic genealogy of mathematicians. As of September, 2010, it contained information on approximately 145,000 mathematical scientists who contribute to "research-level mathematics"...
. - Wegner, Peter. MathSciNet.