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COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Alfred Aho

1941 - Today

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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. He and his long-time collaborator Jeffrey Ullman are the recipients of the 2020 Turing Award, generally recognized as the highest distinction in computer science. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfred Aho has received more than 288,988 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Alfred Aho is the 59th most popular computer scientist (up from 67th in 2019), the 190th most popular biography from Canada (up from 216th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Canadian Computer Scientist.

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  • 290k

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  • 51.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Alfred Aho ranks 59 out of 201Before him are Vernor Vinge, Gil Amelio, James Gosling, Amir Pnueli, Juris Hartmanis, and Jacques Vallée. After him are Sergey Lebedev, Larry Wall, Ole-Johan Dahl, Larry Tesler, Gary Kildall, and Adam Osborne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Alfred Aho ranks 242Before him are Prince William of Gloucester, Robert McKee, Desmond Dekker, Silvio Moser, David Johnston, and Jiří Raška. After him are Mike Love, John Williams, Gregory Benford, Lothar Bisky, Lothar Emmerich, and Vlado Milunić.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Alfred Aho ranks 190 out of 1,350Before him are Ann Rutherford (1917), Jean Béliveau (1931), David Johnston (1941), Oliver Platt (1960), René Lévesque (1922), and Bret Hart (1957). After him are Ian Hacking (1936), Gabrielle Roy (1909), Louis Nirenberg (1925), Barry Pepper (1970), Phil Hartman (1948), and Harold Innis (1894).

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In Canada

Among computer scientists born in Canada, Alfred Aho ranks 3Before him are Brian Kernighan (1942) and James Gosling (1955). After him are John Draper (1943), Kenneth E. Iverson (1920), Rob Pike (1956), and Maria Klawe (1951).