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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