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David S. Johnson

1945 - 2016

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David Stifler Johnson (December 9, 1945 – March 8, 2016) was an American computer scientist specializing in algorithms and optimization. He was the head of the Algorithms and Optimization Department of AT&T Labs Research from 1988 to 2013, and was a visiting professor at Columbia University from 2014 to 2016. He was awarded the 2010 Knuth Prize. Johnson was born in 1945 in Washington, D.C. He graduated summa cum laude from Amherst College in 1967, then earned his S.M. from MIT in 1968 and his Ph.D. from MIT in 1973. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David S. Johnson is the 362nd most popular engineer (up from 367th in 2019), the 12,585th most popular biography from United States (up from 13,228th in 2019) and the 45th most popular American Engineer.

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Among engineers, David S. Johnson ranks 362 out of 389. Before him are Kevin Warwick, Robert R. Gilruth, Nicholas Tombazis, Tom Dowd, Otmar Szafnauer, and Robert Zubrin. After him are Tom Kilburn, Pat Fry, Mike Gascoyne, Mike Coughlan, John Rennie the Elder, and John Houbolt.

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Among people born in 1945, David S. Johnson ranks 644. Before him are Aparna Sen, Leonardo Véliz, Daniel Rudisha, Tom Ridge, Byron Beck, and Amjad Ali Khan. After him are Kevin Berry, Annie Dillard, Ron Glass, Pat Conroy, Shekhar Mehta, and Suzanne Farrell. Among people deceased in 2016, David S. Johnson ranks 543. Before him are Patrick Manning, Bill Johnson, M. Balamuralikrishna, Nené, Tage Henriksen, and Zyta Gilowska. After him are Sergey Mikaelyan, Ellen Meiksins Wood, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, Noel Neill, Ron Glass, and Pat Conroy.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David S. Johnson ranks 12,589 out of 20,380. Before him are Kim Thayil (1960), Ruth Asawa (1926), Rick Rosenthal (1949), Natalia Dyer (1995), Todd Solondz (1959), and Cornelia Fort (1919). After him are Lisa Cholodenko (1964), Patrick M. Shanahan (1962), Robert P. Patterson (1891), Samuel E. Wright (1946), Dick Butkus (1942), and William Steinkraus (1925).

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Among ENGINEERS In United States

Among engineers born in United States, David S. Johnson ranks 45. Before him are Hugh Latimer Dryden (1898), T. Keith Glennan (1905), Chuck Peddle (1937), Robert R. Gilruth (1913), Tom Dowd (1925), and Robert Zubrin (1952). After him are John Houbolt (1919), Douglas H. Wheelock (1960), Henry M. Morris (1918), Ted Jensen (1954), Jonathan James (1983), and Randall Munroe (1984).

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