Gary Edward Lindstrom (January 8, 1944 – January 10, 2022) was an Emeritus Professor of Computer Science at the University of Utah, having previously taught at the University of Pittsburgh. He retired in July 2007 and died on January 10, 2022.[3]
Gary Edward Lindstrom | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 8, 1944[2] |
| Died | January 10, 2022 |
| Alma mater | Carnegie Mellon University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer science |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | Variability in Language Processors[1] (1971) |
| Doctoral advisor | Alan Perlis |
| Doctoral students | Mary Lou Soffa |
| Website | www |
Lindstrom made numerous contributions to areas of data management, verification, and programming language design, specification and implementation. He served as an IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Visitor. According to his website, Dr. Lindstrom served as the founding editor-in-chief the International Journal of Parallel Programming (ISSN 0885-7458) from 1986 to 1993.[4] He co-edited, with Doug DeGroot, the book Logic Programming: Functions, Relations and Equations, which was first published by Prentice-Hall in 1986.[5]
Lindstrom was a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University, where he earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in mathematics, and a Ph.D. in computer science under Alan Perlis.
References edit
- ^ Gary Lindstrom at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ a b "Professor Emeritus Gary Lindstrom Passes". The College of Engineering at the University of Utah. January 19, 2022.
- ^ a b "Gary Lindstrom Obituary (1944 - 2022) - Salt Lake City, UT". Legacy.com. January 13, 2022.
- ^ http://www.cs.utah.edu/~gary/ Gary Lindstrom's website
- ^ Giorgio Levi. Algebraic and Logic Programming: Third International Conference, Volterra, Italy, September 2-4, 1992. Proceedings. Springer. 1992. p. 188. ISBN 978-3-540-55873-6.