• Edsger W. Dijkstra
• Famous for
  • He coined the phrase structured programming
  • goto considered harmful
  • Algorithms
    • Dijkstra's algorithm
    • DJP algorithm
    • Dijkstra-Scholten algorithm
    • Dekker's algorithm (generalization)
    • banker's algorithm
    • smoothsort
    • shunting-yard algorithm
    • tri-color marking algorithm
    • concurrent algorithms
    • distributed algorithms
    • deadlock prevention algorithms
    • mutual exclusion algorithms
    • self-stabilizing algorithms
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• Awards:
  • Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • Distinguished Fellow of the British Computer Society
  • The Association for Computing Machinery's A.M. Turing Award
  • Harry H. Goode Memorial Award from the IEEE Computer Society
  • Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • Doctor of Science Honoris Causa from the Queen's University Belfast
  • Computer Pioneer Charter Recipient from the IEEE Computer Society
  • ACM/SIGCSE Award for Outstanding Contributions to Computer Science Education
  • Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery