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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 312,013 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Martin Odersky is the 195th most popular computer scientist, the 683rd most popular biography from Switzerland and the 3rd most popular Swiss Computer Scientist.

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  • 310k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 35.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Martin Odersky ranks 195 out of 201. Before him are Christian Engström, Daphne Koller, Rodney Brooks, Peter Norvig, Shawn Fanning, and John Ousterhout. After him are Tron, Brian Acton, Jon Lech Johansen, Ruzena Bajcsy, Jenova Chen, and Nancy Lynch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Martin Odersky ranks 593. Before him are Rick Mahorn, José Manuel Soria, José Manuel Abascal, Rachel Talalay, Laurie Bartram, and Yekaterina Fesenko. After him are Nobuhiro Ishizaki, Sherri Martel, José María Rivas, Josh Pais, Rupert Vansittart, and Ian Woosnam.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Martin Odersky ranks 683 out of 876. Before him are Sonja Nef (1972), Selina Gasparin (1984), Yves Larock (1977), Valentin Stocker (1989), Marco Wölfli (1982), and Corinne Rey-Bellet (1972). After him are Michelle Gisin (1993), Fabian Frei (1989), Martin Schmidt (1967), Corinne Suter (1994), Ruben Vargas (1998), and Nico Elvedi (1996).

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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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