Alfred Aho

Alfred Aho
Alfred Aho
Born	Alfred Vaino Aho; August 9, 1941 (age 83); Timmins, Ontario, Canada
Nationality	Canadian; American
Alma mater	University of Toronto (BASc); Princeton University (MA, PhD);
Known for	Awk programming language; Principles of Compiler Design; Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools; Aho-Corasick algorithm;
Awards	Bell Labs Fellow (1984); FAAAS (1986); IEEE Fellow (1988); FACM (1996); IEEE John von Neumann Medal (2003); NAE Member; NAS Member; Turing Award (2020);
	Scientific career
Fields	Computer science
Institutions	Columbia University
Thesis	Indexed Grammars: An Extension of Context Free Grammars (1968)
Doctoral advisor	John Hopcroft
Doctoral students	Krysta Svore; Gaurav Kc; Marc Eaddy; Marcio Buss;

Alfred Vaino Aho (born August 9, 1941) is a Canadian computer scientist best known for his work on programming languages, compilers, and related algorithms, and his textbooks on the art and science of computer programming.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Aho was elected into the National Academy of Engineering in 1999 for his contributions to the fields of algorithms and programming tools.

He and his long-time collaborator Jeffrey Ullman are the recipients of the 2020 Turing Award, generally recognized as the highest distinction in computer science.^[5]

^ Alfred Vaino Aho at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
^ Aho, A.; Gottlob, G. (2014). "A front row seat to Communications' editorial transformation". Communications of the ACM. 57 (4): 5. doi:10.1145/2582611. S2CID 21553189.
^ Aho, A.V. (1990). "Algorithms for Finding Patterns in Strings". Handbook of Theoretical Computer Science. MIT Press. pp. 255–300.
^ "IT news, careers, business technology, reviews". Computerworld. Archived from the original on May 29, 2008. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
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[mathgene-1] Alfred Vaino Aho at the Mathematics Genealogy Project

[2] Aho, A.; Gottlob, G. (2014). "A front row seat to Communications' editorial transformation". Communications of the ACM. 57 (4): 5. doi:10.1145/2582611. S2CID 21553189.

[3] Aho, A.V. (1990). "Algorithms for Finding Patterns in Strings". Handbook of Theoretical Computer Science. MIT Press. pp. 255–300.

[4] "IT news, careers, business technology, reviews". Computerworld. Archived from the original on May 29, 2008. Retrieved May 18, 2023.

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Alfred Aho
Born	Alfred Vaino Aho (1941-08-09) August 9, 1941 (age 83) Timmins, Ontario, Canada
Nationality	Canadian American
Alma mater	University of Toronto (BASc) Princeton University (MA, PhD)
Known for	Awk programming language Principles of Compiler Design Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools Aho-Corasick algorithm
Awards	Bell Labs Fellow (1984) FAAAS (1986) IEEE Fellow (1988) FACM (1996) IEEE John von Neumann Medal (2003) NAE Member NAS Member Turing Award (2020)
Scientific career
Fields	Computer science
Institutions	Columbia University
Thesis	Indexed Grammars: An Extension of Context Free Grammars (1968)
Doctoral advisor	John Hopcroft^[1]
Doctoral students	Krysta Svore Gaurav Kc Marc Eaddy Marcio Buss