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Alfred Aho

1941 - Today

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Alfred Vaino Aho (born August 9, 1941) is a Canadian computer scientist best known for his work on programming languages, compilers, and related algorithms, and his textbooks on the art and science of computer programming. Aho was elected into the National Academy of Engineering in 1999 for his contributions to the fields of algorithms and programming tools. He and his long-time collaborator Jeffrey Ullman are the recipients of the 2020 Turing Award, generally recognized as the highest distinction in computer science. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alfred Aho is the 74th most popular computer scientist (down from 60th in 2019), the 209th most popular biography from Canada (down from 171st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Canadian Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Alfred Aho ranks 74 out of 245. Before him are Leonard Adleman, Larry Wall, James H. Wilkinson, Jef Raskin, Richard M. Karp, and Fred Brooks. After him are Martin Fowler, Ian Murdock, Adi Shamir, Warren Weaver, Evelyn Berezin, and Ruzena Bajcsy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Alfred Aho ranks 256. Before him are Mario Corso, Leonid Kizim, Angelo Domenghini, Percy Sledge, Patricio Guzmán, and Eugène Terre'Blanche. After him are Cristina Peri Rossi, Boris Vallejo, Sonny Landham, Chucho Valdés, Dennis Sullivan, and Yuri Norstein.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Alfred Aho ranks 209 out of 1,622. Before him are Robbie Robertson (1943), Vincent Massey (1887), George Eaton (1945), Arthur Hiller (1923), David Hall (1875), and Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville (1680). After him are Hayden Christensen (1981), Phil Esposito (1942), Paul Haggis (1953), Alanis Morissette (1974), Robert H. MacArthur (1930), and Shawn Mendes (1998).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In Canada

Among computer scientists born in Canada, Alfred Aho ranks 3. Before him are James Gosling (1955), and Brian Kernighan (1942). After him are John Draper (1943), Kenneth E. Iverson (1920), Rob Pike (1956), Maria Klawe (1951), and Gilles Brassard (1955).

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