Awards & Winners

Kenneth E. Iverson

Date of Birth 17-December-1920
Place of Birth Camrose
(Alberta, Canada, Division No. 10, Alberta, Central Alberta, Camrose County No. 22)
Nationality Canada
Also know as Kenneth Iverson
Profession Computer Scientist
Kenneth Eugene Iverson was a Canadian computer scientist noted for the development of the APL programming language in 1962. He was honored with the Turing Award in 1979 for his contributions to mathematical notation and programming language theory. The Iverson Award for contributions to APL was named in his honor.

Awards by Kenneth E. Iverson

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1979


Turing Award
(For his pioneering effort in programming languages and mathematical notation resulting in what the computing field now knows as APL, for his contributions to the implementation of interactive systems, to educational uses of APL, and to programming language theory and practice)