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Martin Odersky

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Martin Odersky (born 5 September 1958) is a German computer scientist and professor of programming methods at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland. He specializes in code analysis and programming languages. He spearheaded the design of Scala and Generic Java (and Pizza before). In 1989, he received his Ph.D. from ETH Zurich under the supervision of Niklaus Wirth, who is best known as the designer of several programming languages, including Pascal. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Martin Odersky is the 214th most popular computer scientist (down from 200th in 2019), the 762nd most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 735th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swiss Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Martin Odersky ranks 214 out of 245. Before him are Stuart J. Russell, Daphne Koller, Bram Moolenaar, Craig Federighi, Theo de Raadt, and Hans Reiser. After him are Alexandra Elbakyan, Phil Katz, Bram Cohen, Eric Allman, Nancy Lynch, and Douglas Crockford.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Martin Odersky ranks 689. Before him are Scott Hamilton, Reema Lagoo, Hisao Kuramata, Adiato Djaló Nandigna, Petr Rada, and Samir Shaker. After him are Thomas Kinkade, Shigekazu Nakamura, José Carlos Chaves, Ángel Acebes, Rachel Talalay, and Jools Holland.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Martin Odersky ranks 762 out of 1,015. Before him are Andres Ambühl (1983), Corinne Maier (1963), Beat Zberg (1971), Martin Hairer (1975), Marwin Hitz (1987), and Kurt Meier (1962). After him are Carla Juri (1985), Thomas Frischknecht (1970), Philipp Degen (1983), Marcel Fässler (1959), Michael Albasini (1980), and Dominique Herr (1965).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In Switzerland

Among computer scientists born in Switzerland, Martin Odersky ranks 3. Before him are Niklaus Wirth (1934), and Erich Gamma (1961).

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