Klara Dan von Neumann

Computer scientist and programmer

Klara Dan von Neumann - Computer scientist and programmer
Born

August 18th, 1911
113 years ago

Died

1963
62 years ago — 52 years old

Category

Scientists & Innovators

Country

Hungary

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A Hungarian computer scientist and programmer, contributed to early computing developments and numerical analysis. Worked on the ENIAC project, one of the earliest electronic general-purpose computers. Developed software for the Institute for Advanced Study and collaborated with notable figures in the field of computing. Made significant contributions to programming and computing theory.

Contributed to the development of ENIAC

Worked on numerical analysis and software development

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