Bjarne Stroustrup
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Born | Aarhus, Denmark | 30 December 1950
Nationality | Danish |
Alma mater | Aarhus University (MSc) Churchill College, Cambridge (PhD) |
Known for | Creating C++ |
Awards | Grace Murray Hopper Award (1993) IEEE Computer Society Computer Entrepreneur Award (2004) |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Aarhus University University of Cambridge Texas A&M University Bell Labs Morgan Stanley Columbia University |
Thesis | Communication and control in distributed computer systems (1979) |
Doctoral advisor | David Wheeler |
Website | www parasol |
Bjarne Stroustrup (Danish: [ˈbjɑːnə ˈsdʁʌʊ̯ˀsdʁɔb];[2][3] born 30 December 1950) is a Danish computer scientist, most notable for the creation and development of the widely used C++ programming language.[4] He is a Distinguished Research Professor and holds the College of Engineering Chair in Computer Science at Texas A&M University,[5] is a visiting professor at Columbia University, and works at Morgan Stanley as a Managing Director in New York.[6][7][8]
Education
Stroustrup has a master's degree in mathematics and computer science (1975) from Aarhus University, Denmark, and a Ph.D. in computer science (1979) from the University of Cambridge, England.[5] His thesis advisor in Cambridge was David Wheeler.[9][10]
Career
Stroustrup began developing C++ in 1978 (then called "C with Classes"), and, in his own words, "invented C++, wrote its early definitions, and produced its first implementation... chose and formulated the design criteria for C++, designed all its major facilities, and was responsible for the processing of extension proposals in the C++ standards committee."[11] Stroustrup also wrote a textbook for the language, The C++ Programming Language.
Stroustrup was the head of AT&T Bell Labs' Large-scale Programming Research department, from its creation until late 2002. Stroustrup was elected member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2004. He is a Fellow of the ACM (1994) and an IEEE Fellow. He works at Texas A&M University as a Distinguished Professor where he holds the College of Engineering Endowed Chair in Computer Science.[12][13] He is also a visiting faculty in Computer Science Department at Columbia University.[14] ITMO University noble doctor since 2013[15]
In 2015, he was made a Fellow [16] of the Computer History Museum for his invention of the C++ programming language.
Publications
Stroustrup has written or co-written a number of publications[17][18][19] including the following books.
- A Tour of C++ by Bjarne Stroustrup – Addison-Wesley Professional, 2013. ISBN 978-0321958310.
- Programming: Principles and Practice Using C++ by Bjarne Stroustrup – Addison-Wesley Professional; 1st edition (29 December 2008); ISBN 0-321-54372-6.
- The C++ Programming Language by Bjarne Stroustrup – Addison-Wesley Pub Co; 4th edition (23 May 2013); ISBN 0-321-563840.
- The Design and Evolution of C++ by Bjarne Stroustrup – Addison-Wesley Pub Co; 1st edition (29 March 1994); ISBN 0-201-54330-3.
- The Annotated C++ Reference Manual by Margaret A. Ellis & Bjarne Stroustrup – Addison-Wesley Pub Co; (1 January 1990); ISBN 0-201-51459-1.
References
- ^ http://www.stroustrup.com/bio.html
- ^ Stroustrup, Bjarne. "How do you pronounce "Bjarne Stroustrup?"". Bjarne Stroustrup's Homepage. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
- ^ Stroustrup, Bjarne. "Bjarne pronounces his own name". Bjarne Stroustrup's Homepage. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
- ^ Wong, William (29 October 2013). "Interview: Bjarne Stroustrup Discusses C++". Electronic Design. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ^ a b Wong, William (26 November 2013). "Bjarne Stroustrup: C++ Creator Keeps Developing". Electronic Design. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ^ Bjarne Stroustrup's Homepage
- ^ Stroustrup, B. (2010). "Viewpoint: What should we teach new software developers? Why?". Communications of the ACM. 53: 40. doi:10.1145/1629175.1629192.
- ^ Stroustrup, B. (1998). "The Real Stroustrup Interview" (PDF). Computer. 31 (6): 110–119. doi:10.1109/MC.1998.683014.
- ^ Stroustrup, Bjarne (1979). Communication and control in distributed computer systems (PhD thesis). University of Cambridge.
- ^ "David Wheeler". The Mathematics Genealogy Project. Department of Mathematics, North Dakota State University. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ^ The C++ Programming Language, B. Stroustrup, p.10
- ^ Bjarne Stroustrup: Some Information about Bjorne Stroustrup.
- ^ Texas A&M CSE Department's Faculty Directory
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- ^ CHM. "Bjarne Stroustrup— CHM Fellow Award Winner". Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ^ Bjarne Stroustrup at DBLP Bibliography Server
- ^ Bjarne Stroustrup publications indexed by Microsoft Academic
- ^ Stroustrup in Google Scholar http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=bjarne+stroustrup
External links
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- C++
- Danish computer scientists
- Fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery
- Fellow Members of the IEEE
- Scientists at Bell Labs
- Grace Murray Hopper Award laureates
- Programming language designers
- Aarhus University alumni
- Alumni of Churchill College, Cambridge
- 1950 births
- Living people
- Texas A&M University faculty
- People from Aarhus
- Danish expatriates in the United States
- Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering
- Danish computer programmers
- Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Science faculty