The 1996 Laureates / Advanced Technology Category / Information Science
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Donald Ervin Knuth

U.S.A. / January 10, 1938
Computer Scientist; Professor, Stanford University

A computer scientist who has made innumerable contributions to the development of the 20th century information sciences through research and education. In addition to systematizing the field of software science and creating foundations, Dr. Knuth has achieved great results in a broad spectrum of research ranging from the basics of algorithm analysis to designing programming languages and developing information processing technology for practical application in computers.

BRIEF BIOGRAPHY
1938
Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
1960
B.S. Case Institute of Technology
1963
Ph.D. in Mathematics, California Institute of Technology
1963
Assistant Professor in Mathematics, California Institute of Technology
1966
Associate Professor in Mathematics, California Institute of Technology
1968-present
Professor of Computer Science, Stanford University
1977-present
Professor Emeritus of The Art of Computer Programming, Stanford University

AWARDS AND HONORS
1971
Grace Hopper Award, ACM
1974
Alen Turing Award, ACM
1979
National Medal of Science, U.S.A.
1982
IEEE Computer Pioneer Award
1986
ACM Software Systems Award
1987
The New York Academy of Sciences Award
1989
J. D. Warnier Prize

MAJOR WORKS
1965
On the translation of languages from left to right. Information and Control 8
1968
The Art of Computer Programming, Vol.1
1969
The Art of Computer Programming, Vol.2
1970
Simple word problems in universal algebras.
In Computational Problems in Abstract Algebra (with P. B. Bendix)
1973
The Art of Computer Programming, Vol.3
1976
Mathematical and Computer Science: Coping with finiteness. Science 194
1984
Literate programming. The Computer Journal 27
1984
The TEX book