Algorithms
People tagged with Algorithms.
9 profiles
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John Hopcroft
Computer scientist known for fundamental algorithms and a classic textbook
Born 1939
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Tony Hoare
British computer scientist who invented Quicksort and Hoare logic
1934 – 2026
Robert W. Floyd
Computer scientist who pioneered proving that programs are correct
1936 – 2001
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Robert Tarjan
Computer scientist who designed many of the fundamental graph algorithms and data structures
Born 1948
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Richard M. Karp
Computer scientist who showed that many everyday problems are NP-complete
Born 1935
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Rajeev Motwani
Stanford professor who mentored Google’s founders
1962 – 2009
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Michael O. Rabin
Israeli computer scientist who brought randomness and nondeterminism into computing
1931 – 2026
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Edsger W. Dijkstra
Dutch computer scientist famous for the shortest-path algorithm and structured programming
1930 – 2002
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Donald Knuth
Author of The Art of Computer Programming and creator of the TeX typesetting system
Born 1938