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Academic genealogy of computer scientists

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The following is an academic genealogy of computer scientists and is constructed by following the pedigree of thesis advisors.

Smaller text indicates advisors or advisees specialized in a field unrelated to computer science.

Europe[edit]

Denmark[edit]

Finland[edit]

France[edit]

Many French computer scientists worked at the National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control (INRIA).

Germany[edit]

Italy[edit]

Netherlands[edit]

Van Wijngaarden / Dijkstra[edit]

Adriaan van Wijngaarden was director of the computer science department at the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica. It was influential in the development of ALGOL 68.

  • Cornelis Benjamin Biezeno (1933: honoris causa. Universiteit van Amsterdam)
    • Adriaan van Wijngaarden (1945: Enige toepassingen van Fourierintegralen op elastische problemen. Technische Universiteit Delft)
      • Willem van der Poel (1956: The Logical Principles of Some Simple Computers. Universiteit van Amsterdam)
      • Edsger Dijkstra (1959: Communication with an Automatic Computer. Universiteit van Amsterdam)
        • Nico Habermann (1967: On the Harmonious Co-operation of Abstract Machines. Technische Universiteit Eindhoven)
          • Lawrence Snyder (1973: An Analysis of Parameter Evalutation Mechanisms for Recursive Procedures. Carnegie Mellon University)
          • Tim Teitelbaum (1975: Minimal Distance Analysis of Syntax Errors in Computer Programs. Carnegie Mellon University)
          • Sten Andler (1979: Predicate Path Expressions: A High-level Synchronization Mechanism. Carnegie Mellon University)
          • John Ousterhout (1980: Partitioning and Cooperation in a Distributed Multiprocessor Operating System: MEDUSA. Carnegie Mellon University)
          • Philip Wadler (1984: Listlessness Is Better than Laziness: An Algorithm that Transforms Applicative Programs to Eliminate Intermediate Lists. Carnegie Mellon University) (Secondary advisor: Guy L. Steele, Jr.)
          • David Notkin (1984: Interactive Structure-Oriented Computing. Carnegie Mellon University)
        • Martin Rem (1976: Associons and the Closure Statement. Technische Universiteit Eindhoven) (Secondary advisor: Frans Kruseman Aretz)
          • Jan L. A. van de Snepscheut (1983: Trace Theory and VLSI Design. Technische Universiteit Eindhoven) (Secondary advisor: Edsger Dijkstra)
            • Peter Hilbers (1989: Mappings of Algorithms on Processor Networks. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen)
          • Jan Tijmen Udding (1984: Classification and Composition of Delay-Insensitive Circuits. Technische Universiteit Eindhoven) (Secondary advisor: Edsger Dijkstra)
          • Anne Kaldewaij (1986: A Formalism for Concurrent Processes. Technische Universiteit Eindhoven) (Secondary advisor: Frans Kruseman Aretz)
      • Guus Zoutendijk (1960: Methods of Feasible Directions : A Study in Lineair and Non-linear Programming. Universiteit van Amsterdam)
      • Jaco de Bakker (1967: Formal Definition of Programming Languages: with an Application to the Definition of ALGOL 60. Universiteit van Amsterdam)
        • Willem-Paul de Roever (1974: Recursive Program Schemes: Semantics and Proof Theory. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
        • Paul Vitanyi (1978: Lindenmayer Systems: Structure, Languages, and Growth Functions. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) (Secondary advisor: Arto K. Salomaa)
          • Ronald Cramer (1997: Modular design of secure yet practical cryptographic protocols. Universiteit van Amsterdam) (Secondary advisor: Ivan Bjerre Damgård)
          • Peter Grünwald (1998: The minimum description length principle and reasoning under uncertainty. Universiteit van Amsterdam)
        • Anton Nijholt (1980: Context-Free Grammars : Covers, Normal Forms, and Parsing. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
        • John-Jules Meyer (1985: Programming Calculi Based on Fixed Point Transformations: Semantics and Applications. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
        • Joost Kok (1989: Semantic Models for Parallel Computation in Data Flow, Logic- and Object-Oriented Programming. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
        • Jan Rutten (1989: A Parallel Object-Oriented Language: Design and Semantic Foundations. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
        • Frank S. de Boer (1991: Reasoning about Dynamically Evolving Process Structures: A Proof Theory for the Parallel Object-0riented Language POOL. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
        • Marcello Bonsangue (1996: Topological Dualities in Semantics. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) (Secondary advisor: Joost Kok)
      • Reinder van de Riet (1968: Algol 60 as Formula Manipulation Language. Universiteit van Amsterdam)
        • Peter Apers (1982: Query Processing and Data Allocation in Distributed Database Systems. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
        • Martin L. Kersten (1985: A Model for a Secure Programming Environment. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) (Secondary advisor: Anthony Ira Wasserman)
          • Stefan Manegold (2002: Understanding, Modeling, and Improving Main-Memory Database Performance. Universiteit van Amsterdam)
        • Roel Wieringa (1990: Algebraic Foundations for Dynamic Conceptual Models. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
        • Frances Brazier (1991: Design and Evaluation of a User Interface for Information Retrieval. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) (Primary advisor: Sipke D. Fokkema)
      • Hugo Brandt Corstius (1970: Exercises in Computational Linguistics. Universiteit van Amsterdam) (Secondary advisor: Frans Kruseman Aretz)
      • Maarten van Emden (1971: An Analysis of Complexity. Universiteit van Amsterdam)
      • Peter van Emde Boas (1974: Abstract Resource-Bound Classes. Universiteit van Amsterdam) (Secondary advisor: Pieter Cornelis Baayen)
        • Arjen Lenstra (1984: Polynomial Time Algorithms for the Factorization of Polynomials. Universiteit van Amsterdam)
        • Leen Torenvliet (1986: Structural Concepts in Relativised Hierarchies. Universiteit van Amsterdam)
        • Harry Buhrman (1993: Resource Bounded Reductions. Universiteit van Amsterdam) (Primary advisor: Steven Elliot Homer)
      • Herman te Riele (1976: A Computational Study of Generalized Aliquot Sequences. Universiteit van Amsterdam)
      • Dick Grune (1982: On the Design of ALEPH. Universiteit van Amsterdam) (Secondary advisor: Cornelis H. A. Koster)

Brouwer / Van Dalen[edit]

Several of the students of Dirk van Dalen, a descendant of Brouwer, became the first Dutch theoretical computer scientists, which still has a strong focus on lambda calculus, rewrite systems and functional programming.

  • Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer (1907: Over de grondslagen der wiskunde. Universiteit van Amsterdam)
    • Arend Heyting (1925: Intuitionistische axiomatiek der projectieve meetkunde. Universiteit van Amsterdam)
      • Dirk van Dalen (1963: Extension Problems in Intuitionistic Plane Projective Geometry. Universiteit van Amsterdam)
        • Henk Barendregt (1971: Some Extensional Terms for Combinatory Logics and Lambda-Calculi. Universiteit Utrecht)
        • Jan van Leeuwen (1972: Rule-Labeled Programs: A Study of a Generalization of Context-Free Grammars and Some Classes of Formal Languages. Universiteit Utrecht)
          • Mark Overmars (1983: The Design of Dynamic Data Structures. Universiteit Utrecht)
            • Mark de Berg (1992: Efficient Algorithms for Ray Shooting and Hidden Surface Removal. Universiteit Utrecht)
            • Marc van Kreveld (1992: New Results on Data Structures in Computational Geometry. Universiteit Utrecht)
          • Hans Bodlaender (1986: Distributed Computing - Structure and Complexity. Universiteit Utrecht)
          • Harry Wijshoff (1987: Data Organization in Parallel Computers. Universiteit Utrecht)
          • Gerard Tel (1989: The Structure of Distributed Algorithms. Universiteit Utrecht)
        • Jan Bergstra (1976: Computability and Continuity in Finite Types. Universiteit Utrecht)
          • Frits Vaandrager (1990: Algebraic Techniques for Concurrency and Their Application. Universiteit van Amsterdam)
          • Linda van der Gaag (1990: Probability-Based Models for Plausible Reasoning. Universiteit van Amsterdam)
          • Chris Verhoef (1990: Linear unary operators in process algebra. Universiteit van Amsterdam)
          • Jan Friso Groote (1991: Process Algebra and Structured Operational Semantics. Universiteit van Amsterdam)
          • Wan Fokkink (1994: Clocks, Trees and Stars in Process Theory. Universiteit van Amsterdam)
          • Jaco van de Pol (1996: Termination of Higher-Order Rewrite Systems. Universiteit Utrecht) (Secondary advisor: Marc Bezem)
        • Jan Willem Klop (1980: Combinatory reduction systems. Universiteit Utrecht)
          • Vincent van Oostrom (1994: Confluence for Abstract and Higher-Order Rewriting. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
        • Albert Visser (1981: Aspects of Diagonalization & Provability. Universiteit Utrecht)
        • Wim Ruitenburg (1982: Intuitionistic Algebra, Theory and Sheaf Models. Universiteit Utrecht)
        • Catholijn Jonker (1994: Constraints and Negations in Logic Programming. Universiteit Utrecht) (Secondary advisor: Jan van Leeuwen)
      • Anne Sjerp Troelstra (1966: Intuitionistic General Topology. Universiteit van Amsterdam)
        • Gerard R. Renardel de Lavalette (1985: Theories with Type-free Application and Extended Bar Induction. Universiteit van Amsterdam)
        • Ieke Moerdijk (1985: Topics in Intuitionism and Topos Theory. Universiteit van Amsterdam)
        • Marc Bezem (1986: Bar recursion and functionals of finite type. Universiteit Utrecht) (Secondary advisor: Dirk van Dalen)

Norway[edit]

Poland[edit]

Sweden[edit]

United Kingdom[edit]

Edinburgh[edit]

Rod Burstall was one of the founders of the Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science at the University of Edinburgh.

Chistopher Longuet-Higgins, Richard Gregory, and Donald Mitchie founded the Department of Machine Intelligence and Perception at the University of Edinburgh

Robin Milner was co-founder of the Edinburgh Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science despite never doing a Ph.D.

  • Robin Milner
    • Mads Tofte (1987: Operational Semantics and Polymorphic Type Inference. University of Edinburgh)
    • Faron Moller (1989: Axioms for Concurrency. University of Edinburgh)
    • Chris Tofts (1990: (dissertation title unknown). University of Edinburgh)
    • Davide Sangiorgi (1993: Expressing Mobility in Process Algebras: First-Order and Higher-Order Paradigms. University of Edinburgh)

Cambridge[edit]

Maurice Wilkes was the first head of the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory

Oxford[edit]

Christopher Strachey was the first Professor of Computation at Oxford.

Tony Hoare established the undergraduate computer science course and led the Oxford University Computing Laboratory for many years.

Warwick[edit]

North America[edit]

Church[edit]

Harvard[edit]

Hopcroft / Lefschetz[edit]

California Institute of Technology[edit]

Knuth[edit]

Hartmanis[edit]

Floyd[edit]

Bob Floyd never received a PhD, although he worked closely with Donald Knuth on The Art of Computer Programming.

Ullman[edit]

Hilbert[edit]

Aiken[edit]

  • Emory Leon Chaffee (1911: A New Method of Impact Excitation of Undamped Oscillations and Their Analysis by Means of Braun Tube Oscillographs. Harvard University)
    • Howard Aiken (1939: A Study of the Laws of Space Change. Harvard University)
      • Gerrit Blaauw (1952: The Application of Selenium Rectifiers as Switching Devices in the Mark IV Calculator. Harvard University)
        • Christian Vissers (1977: Interface; Definition, Design, and Description of the Relation of Digital System Parts. University of Twente)
          • Hendrik Brinksma (1988: On the Design of Extended LOTOS; a Specification Language for Open Distributed Systems. University of Twente)
      • Fred Brooks (1956: The Analytic Design of Automatic Data Processing Systems. Harvard University)
      • Anthony Oettinger (1954: A Study for the Design of an Automatic Dictionary. Harvard University)
        • William Hines Bossert (1963: Simulation of Character Displacement in Animals. Harvard University)
        • Sheila Greibach (1963: Inverses of Phrase Structure Generators. Harvard University)
          • Ronald Book (1969: Grammars with Time Functions. Harvard University)
          • Michael J. Fischer (1968: Grammars with Macro-Like Productions. Harvard University)
          • Jean Gallier (1978: Semantics and Correctness of Classes of Deterministic and Nondeterministic Recursive Programs. University of California, Los Angeles)
            • Wayne Snyder (1988: Complete Sets of Transformations for General Unification. University of Pennsylvania)
        • Richard Karp (1959: Some Applications of Logical Syntax to Digital Computer Programming. Harvard University)
          • Robert Keller (computer scientist) (1970: Closures of Parallel Program Schemata. University of California, Berkeley)
            • Paul Hudak (1982: Object and Task Reclamation in Distributed Applicative Processing Systems. University of Utah)
          • Kellogg Booth (1975: University of California, Berkeley . University of California, Berkeley)
          • Ron Shamir (1984: On the Complexity of the Simplex Method. University of California, Berkeley)
          • Rajeev Motwani (1988: Probabilistic Analysis of Matching and network flow Algorithms. University of California, Berkeley)
        • Eugene Lawler (1963: Some Aspects of Discrete Mathematical Programming. Harvard University)

Stanford[edit]

Other[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Johnson, David S. (Summer 1984). "The genealogy of theoretical computer science: a preliminary report". ACM SIGACT News. 16 (2): 36–49. doi:10.1145/1008959.1008960.
  • Parberry, Ian; Johnson, David S. (June 1995). James Ford; Fillia Makedon; Samuel Rebelsky, eds. "The SIGACT Theoretical Computer Science Genealogy: Preliminary Report" (PDF). Proceedings of DAGS 95, "Electronic Publishing and the Information Superhighway". Boston, MA: Birkhauser: 197–205.
  • Coonce, Harry B. (December 2004). "Computer science and the mathematics genealogy project". ACM SIGACT News. 35 (4).

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