Andrew S. Tanenbaum
Andrew Stuart Tanenbaum, sometimes referred to by the handle AST, is an American-born Dutch computer scientist and retired professor emeritus of computer science at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- New York City
- Educated at
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUniversity of California, BerkeleyWhite Plains High School
- Awards
- 🏆 ACM Software System Award🏆 Akademiehoogleraren Prize🏆 IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal🏆 SIGCSE Outstanding Contribution to Computer Science Education
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 John M. Wilcox
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 Werner Vogels📖 Henri Bal
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1944
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