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David S. Johnson

1945 - 2016

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David Stifler Johnson (December 9, 1945 – March 8, 2016) was an American computer scientist specializing in algorithms and optimization. He was the head of the Algorithms and Optimization Department of AT&T Labs Research from 1988 to 2013, and was a visiting professor at Columbia University from 2014 to 2016. He was awarded the 2010 Knuth Prize. Johnson was born in 1945 in Washington, D.C. He graduated summa cum laude from Amherst College in 1967, then earned his S.M. from MIT in 1968 and his Ph.D. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David S. Johnson has received more than 91,793 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. David S. Johnson is the 367th most popular engineer, the 13,229th most popular biography from United States and the 45th most popular American Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, David S. Johnson ranks 367 out of 389. Before him are Mike Coughlan, C. H. Douglas, Bob Bell, John Scott Russell, Tessy Thomas, and Robert R. Gilruth. After him are Tom Kilburn, Charles Ingram, John Rennie the Elder, Naoki Hattori, Peter Hirsch, and Thomas Sopwith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, David S. Johnson ranks 658. Before him are Catherine Burns, Dusa McDuff, August Wilson, Paul Petersen, Guillermo Páez, and Philippa Marrack. After him are Greil Marcus, Byron Beck, Tommy Smith, Hassan Abshir Farah, Tom Ridge, and Allan Stone. Among people deceased in 2016, David S. Johnson ranks 565. Before him are Filipe Machado, Viktor Gavrikov, Pavel Sheremet, Sharon Jones, Bill Johnson, and John Johnson. After him are Bernie Worrell, Donald Henderson, Mel Charles, Aleš Debeljak, Arsen Pavlov, and Sidney Drell.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David S. Johnson ranks 13,229 out of 20,380. Before him are Bob Kasten (1942), Will Hunt (1971), Candice Patton (1985), Jorge Masvidal (1984), Byron Scott (1961), and Peter Yarrow (1938). After him are Patricia Goldman-Rakic (1937), John Bryson (1943), Walter Abel (1898), Alfred Lindley (1904), Ed Lu (1963), and Kerri Green (1967).

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Among ENGINEERS In United States

Among engineers born in United States, David S. Johnson ranks 45. Before him are Chuck Peddle (1937), Sidney Darlington (1906), Robert Zubrin (1952), Tom Dowd (1925), Gordon Bell (1934), and Robert R. Gilruth (1913). After him are Beatrice Hicks (1919), Henry M. Morris (1918), Ted Jensen (1954), Douglas H. Wheelock (1960), Jonathan James (1983), and Randall Munroe (1984).

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