Re:Tim Berners-Lee wins Turing Award
by Ar-Curunir on Tuesday April 04, 2017 @02:13PM
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Stephen Cook, Micali, Goldwasser, Rabin, Scott, Karp, Hartmanis, Stearns, Manuel Blum, Yao and Valiant. These are all pure theoreticians; I didn't include data structures people and applied-ish cryptographers like RSA and DH.
More than a significant fraction of Turing awards have been won by theoreticians.
More than a significant fraction of Turing awards have been won by theoreticians.