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An Interview with Dana Scott: ACM Fellow and A.M. Turing Award recipient Dana Scott reflects on his career.

Authors :
Shustek, Len
Source :
Communications of the ACM. Aug2022, Vol. 65 Issue 8, p25-29. 5p. 1 Color Photograph.
Publication Year :
2022

Abstract

An interview with Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) fellow Dana Stewart Scott who discusses various topics including his career involving the fields of computing science, automata theory, and the theory of programming languages. Scott's receipt of the ACM's A.M. Turing Award with colleague Michael Rabin in 1976 is mentioned, along with Scott's education, his involvement with mathematical logic, and his work at the University of Chicago and the University of California, Berkeley.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00010782
Volume :
65
Issue :
8
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Communications of the ACM
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
158128811
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1145/3544551