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Jacob T. Schwartz
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Jacob Theodore "Jack" Schwartz (January 9, 1930 – March 2, 2009)[1] was an American mathematician, computer scientist, and professor of computer science at the New York University Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. He was the designer of the SETL programming language and started the NYU Ultracomputer project. He founded the New York University Department of Computer Science, chairing it from 1964 to 1980.[1]
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Born | (1930-01-09)January 9, 1930 |
Died | March 2, 2009(2009-03-02) (aged 79) Manhattan, New York |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | City College of New York (B.S., 1949) Yale University (M.A., 1949; Ph.D., 1952) |
Known for | Dunford-Schwartz theorem |
Awards | Leroy P. Steele Prize (1981) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Applied mathematics Computer sciences |
Institutions | Yale University New York University |
Doctoral advisor | Nelson Dunford |
Doctoral students | Jerry Hobbs Ken Kennedy Robert Kupperman Stanley Osher Gian-Carlo Rota Shmuel Winograd Salvatore J. Stolfo |
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