John Hopcroft

Computer Scientist and Author of Algorithms

John Hopcroft - Computer Scientist and Author of Algorithms
Born

October 7th, 1939
85 years ago

Category

Scientists & Innovators

Country

United States

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Contributions to the fields of computer science and algorithms include authorship of several influential texts and research papers. One of the most significant works includes the co-authorship of the textbook 'Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages, and Computation.' This work has served as a foundational resource for computer science education. Received the Turing Award in 1986 for achievements in the development of algorithms and the theory of computation. Retired from teaching at Cornell University, where courses on algorithms and data structures were taught.

Co-authored 'Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages, and Computation'

Received the Turing Award in 1986

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