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Sir Charles Antony Richard Hoare FRS FREng, also known as Tony Hoare or by his initials C. A. R. Hoare (/ h ɔːr /; born 11 January 1934) is a British computer scientist who has made foundational contributions to programming languages, algorithms, operating systems, formal verification, and concurrent computing.
Tony Hoare è un informatico britannico. Ha trovato larga fama grazie alla scoperta, nel 1960, del quicksort, l'algoritmo di ordinamento più usato al mondo. Egli ha anche sviluppato le logiche di Hoare, atte a verificare la correttezza dei programmi, e il linguaggio formale Communicating Sequential Processes usato per specificare ...
4 feb 2023 · Tony is known for many significant research achievements: his sorting and selection algorithms, for example, Quicksort and Find, Hoare logic, and the formal language Communicating Sequential Processes.
1 mag 2024 · Tony Hoare, British computer scientist and winner of the 1980 A.M. Turing Award, the highest honor in computer science, for ‘his fundamental contributions to the definition and design of programming languages.’ Learn more about Hoare’s life and career, including his various awards.
- William L. Hosch
Apart from the Turing Prize, Tony Hoare was awarded the Kyoto Prize in 2000, the year he was also Knighted by the Queen for services to education and computer science. He has honorary Doctorates from several universities and is a Fellow of both The Royal Society and The Royal Academy of Engineering.
Biography. Tony Hoare's interest in computing was awakened in the early fifties, when he studied philosophy (together with Latin and Greek) at Oxford University, under the tutelage of John Lucas. He was fascinated by the power of mathematical logic as an explanation of the apparent certainty of mathematical truth.
Of the 25 awards for 2022-23, announced today, Emeritus Professor Sir Tony Hoare is one of four Oxford University researchers recognised for their outstanding contributions to science and medicine. Sir Tony has received the Royal Medal (Physical) for ground-breaking contributions that have revolutionised the computer programming field.
