Peter van Emde Boas (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈpeːtər vɑn ˈɛmdə ˈboːɑs]; born 3 April 1945) is a Dutch computer scientist and professor at the University of Amsterdam.[2] He gained his doctorate in 1974 under Adriaan van Wijngaarden.[3] The Van Emde Boas tree is named after him.[4]
Peter van Emde Boas | |
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 Van Emde Boas in 1977 | |
| Born | April 3, 1945 |
| Known for | Van Emde Boas tree |
| Scientific career | |
| Doctoral advisor | Adriaan van Wijngaarden |
References
edit- ^ Dr. P. van Emde Boas, 1945 - at the University of Amsterdam Album Academicum online
- ^ "Prof.dr Peter van Emde Boas". Retrieved 5 November 2015.
- ^ Peter van Emde Boas at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ Peter van Emde Boas Preserving order in a forest in less than logarithmic time, Proceedings of the 16th Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science, 1975, S. 75-84 - doi:10.1109/SFCS.1975.26
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