Peter Wegner
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| Peter Wegner | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Computer science |
| Notable awards | Fellow of the ACM, Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, 1st class |
Peter Wegner (born in 1932) is an American computer scientist who has made significant contributions to both the theory of object-oriented programming during 80's and to the relevance of Church-Turing thesis for empirical aspects of computer science during 90's and present. The seminal work for his previous occupation is On Understanding Types which was co-authored with Luca Cardelli. For his latter undertaking, he has co-authored several papers and co-edited a book (Interactive Computation: the New Paradigm) which was published in 2006.
Wegner was inducted as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in 1995.[1] In 1999, he was awarded the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, 1st class (“Österreichisches Ehrenkreuz für Wissenschaft u. Kunst I. Klasse”)[2] [3] but was hit by a bus and sustained serious brain injuries when on a trip to London to receive his award.[4] He recovered after a lengthy coma.
He is the former editor-in-chief of ACM Computing Surveys[5] and of The Brown Faculty Bulletin and is currently an emeritus professor at Brown University.
Notes [edit]
- ^ "Peter Wegner". ACM Fellows. 1995. Retrieved 2009-10-03. “For many 27 years Professor Wegner has been an initiating leader in ACM's educational and publication efforts while inspiring several generations of computer scientists.”
- ^ "Peter Wegner – A prominent pioneer in computer science!". Faculty of Informatics, TU Vienna. 2006. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
- ^ "Reply to a parliamentary question" (pdf) (in German). p. 1306. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
- ^ Kristen Cole (1999). "Peter Wegner on the mend". George Street Journal, Brown University. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
- ^ "Peter Wegner". ACM Distinguished Service Award. 2000. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
