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The American University of Armenia (AUA) will be hosting Prof. Donald E. Knuth,
one of the most prominent computer scientists in the world.
In June 2006, the Computer & Information Science Program and the
College of Engineering of AUA, with co-hosts the National Academy of
Sciences of Armenia, the Faculty of Informatics & Applied Mathematics
of Yerevan State University, and the Faculty of Computer Systems and
Informatics of the State Engineering University of Armenia, will
host Dr. Donald Knuth, Professor Emeritus of the Art of Computer
Programming at Stanford University.
Donald E. Knuth (B.S. and M.S., Case Institute of Technology
1960; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology 1963) is the
author of numerous books, including three volumes of The Art of
Computer Programming, five volumes of Computers & Typesetting, and a
non-technical book entitled 3:16 Bible Texts Illuminated. His software
systems TEX and METAFONT are extensively used for book publishing
throughout the world.
Donald E. Knuth is a member of the American Academy of Arts and
Sciences, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, and the U.S. National
Academy of Engineering. He is also a foreign associate of the French,
Norwegian, and Bavarian Science Academies and the Royal Society
of London.
Dr. Knuth received the Turing Award from the Association for Computing
Machinery in 1974; the National Medal of Science from President Carter
in 1979; the Steele Prize from the American Mathematical Society in
1986; the Adelskold Medal from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
in 1994; the Harvey Prize from the Technion of Israel in 1995; the
John von Neumann Medal from the Institute of Electrical and Electronic
Engineers in 1995; and the Kyoto Prize from the Inamori Foundation
in 1996.
Donald E. Knuth holds honorary doctorates from Oxford University, the
University of Paris, the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm,
the University of St. Petersburg, the University of Marnela-Vallee,
Masaryk University, St. Andrews University, Athens University of
Economics and Business, the University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki,
the University of Tubingen, the University of Oslo, and eighteen
colleges and universities in America.
During his visit to Yerevan, Professor Knuth will receive an Honorary
Doctorate from the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic
of Armenia.
Dr. Knuth’s research papers have been instrumental in establishing
several subareas of computer science and software engineering, such
as LR(k) parsing; attribute grammars; the Knuth-Bendix algorithm for
axiomatic reasoning; empirical studies of user programs and profiles;
and analysis of algorithms. In general, his works have been directed
towards the search for a proper balance between theory and practice.
Professor Knuth will give two public lectures at the American
University of Armenia, one on June 12 on “The Joy of Technical
Illustration” and one on June 13 on “Literate Programming.” Both
lectures will be held in the Large Auditorium of the University and
will start at 5:00 PM. He will also hold meetings with students and
faculty in computer science at Yerevan State University, the State
Engineering University of Armenia and at AUA. Dr.
Knuth will be accompanied on this visit by his wife, Jill Carter Knuth.
“Dr. Knuth’s visit will help put Armenia one notch higher in the IT
map of the world,” states Armen Der Kiureghian, Taisei Professor of
Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, and Dean of
the College of Engineering, American University of Armenia (affiliate
of Univ. of Calif.)
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