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Martin Odersky

1958 - Today

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Martin Odersky (born 5 September 1958) is a German computer scientist and professor of programming methods at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland. He specializes in code analysis and programming languages. He spearheaded the design of Scala and Generic Java (and Pizza before). In 1989, he received his Ph.D. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martin Odersky has received more than 319,172 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Martin Odersky is the 200th most popular computer scientist (down from 195th in 2019), the 734th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 680th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swiss Computer Scientist.

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  • 3.32

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  • 2.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Martin Odersky ranks 200 out of 245. Before him are Chieko Asakawa, Ian Murdock, Sophie Wilson, Gilles Brassard, Alexandra Elbakyan, and Daphne Koller. After him are Theo de Raadt, Peter Norvig, Rodney Brooks, Paul Buchheit, Christian Engström, and Daniel Domscheit-Berg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Martin Odersky ranks 627. Before him are Zlatko Krmpotić, Brice Hortefeux, Mary Decker, Norbert Meier, Doris de Agostini, and Toyah Willcox. After him are Hiroshi Mori, Steve Antin, Nancy J. Currie-Gregg, Margot Käßmann, Béla Fleck, and Dominique Voynet.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Martin Odersky ranks 734 out of 1,015. Before him are Rudolf Thurneysen (1857), Marco Odermatt (1997), Beat Breu (1957), Daniel Giger (1949), Corinne Maier (1963), and Doris de Agostini (1958). After him are Stéphane Henchoz (1974), Remo Freuler (1992), Daniel Mojon (1963), Belinda Bencic (1997), Noah Okafor (2000), and Steven Zuber (1991).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In Switzerland

Among computer scientists born in Switzerland, Martin Odersky ranks 3. Before him are Niklaus Wirth (1934), and Erich Gamma (1961).

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