Ken Thompson American computer scientist
Ken Thompson is a 81 years old American computer scientist from New Orleans, Louisiana. He was born on February 04, 1943 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
About
Yes, Ken Thompson is still alive Last check: 2 years ago
Awards (10)
Awarded Computer Pioneer Award in 1994 , awarded Japan Prize in 2011 , awarded Computer History Museum fellow in 1997 , awarded IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal in 1990 , awarded National Medal of Technology and Innovation in 1998 ,
Education
He graduated from University Of California, Berkeley
What is Ken's zodiac sign?Ken Thompson zodiac sign is aquarius.
When is Thompson's next birthday?
Ken Thompson was born on the , which was a Thursday. He will be turning 82 in only 292 days from today (18 April, 2024).
Other facts about Ken Thompson
| AlmaMater | University of California Berkeley |
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| Award | Turing Award, National Medal of Technology and Innovation, Tsutomu Kanai Award |
| KnownFor | B (programming language), Belle (chess machine), Endgame tablebase, Go (programming language), UTF-8, Unix |
| Employer | Bell Labs , start time: 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z , end time: 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| Spoken text audio | , language of work or name: English |
| Given name | Ken |
| Erdős number | 7 |
| Name in native language | Kenneth Lane Thompson |
| Field of work | Computer Science |
| Family name | Thompson. Show people with the surname Thompson |
| Member of | US National Academy Of Engineering |
| Country of citizenship | United States Of America |
| Place of birth | New Orleans |
| Notable work | Go |
| Archives at | Computer History Museum |
| Languages spoken, written or signed | English |
| Native language | English |
