Barbara Liskov
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Barbara Liskov was born November 7, 1939, in Los Angeles. She has United States citizenship. She is a computer scientist, university teacher, and engineer.
Her education includes Stanford University and University of California, Berkeley.[1] Her field is computer science.
Her awards include the Turing Award, IEEE John von Neumann Medal, Harold Pender Award, National Inventors Hall of Fame, Programming Languages Achievement Award, Weizmann Women & Science Award, and 2 more.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Association for Computing Machinery, and National Academy of Sciences.[9]
Key Facts
- Child: Moses Daniel Liskov[7]
- Country of citizenship: United States[8]
- Field of work: computer science[9]
- Employer: Massachusetts Institute of Technology[10]
- Educated at: University of California, Berkeley[11]
- Doctoral advisor: John McCarthy[12]
- Notable work: distributed computing[13]
- Award received: Turing Award[14], IEEE John von Neumann Medal[15], Harold Pender Award[16], National Inventors Hall of Fame[17], Programming Languages Achievement Award[18], Weizmann Women & Science Award[19], Computer Pioneer Award[20], honorary doctor of the University Polytechnic of Catalonia[21], Society of Women Engineers Achievement Award[22], ACM Fellow[23], honorary doctor of ETH Zürich[24], NCWIT Pioneer in Tech Award[25]
- Member of: American Academy of Arts and Sciences[26], National Academy of Engineering[27], Association for Computing Machinery[28], National Academy of Sciences[29]
- Sex or gender: female[30]
- Doctoral student: Maurice Herlihy[31], Rivka Ladin[32], William E. Weihl[33], Sanjay Ghemawat[34], Andrew C. Myers[35], Deepak Kapur[36], Miguel Oom Temudo de Castro[37], Atul Adya[38], Umesh Maheshwari[39], Robert Edward Gruber[40], Mark Stuart Day[41], Deborah Jing-Hwa Hwang[42], Sameer Ajmani[43], Sheng Yang Chiu[44]
- Commons category: Barbara Jane Liskov[45]
- Archives at: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries[46]
- Academic degree: doctorate[47]
- Family name: Huberman[48], Liskov[49]
- Given name: Barbara[50], Jane[51]
- Official website: http://www.pmg.csail.mit.edu/~liskov/[52]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for Barbara Liskov include Liskov substitution principle[53].
Why It Matters
Barbara Liskov has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] She is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]
She is credited with the discovery of Liskov substitution principle[56], a programming principle[57]. Entities named for her include Liskov substitution principle[53].
Her notable doctoral advisees include Sanjay Ghemawat[58], a computer scientist[59], b. 1966[60], of United States[61], awarded the Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[62]; Maurice Herlihy[63], a computer scientist[64], b. 1954[65], of United States[66], awarded the Dijkstra Prize[67]; Deepak Kapur[68], a computer scientist[69], b. 1950[70], awarded the Herbrand Award[71]; J. Eliot B. Moss[72], a computer scientist[73], b. 1954[74], of United States[75], awarded the Dijkstra Prize[76]; Rivka Ladin[77], a computer scientist[78], of United States[79]; and William E. Weihl[80], a computer scientist[81].
FAQs
Where was Barbara Liskov born?
Barbara Liskov's place of birth was Los Angeles[2].
What did Barbara Liskov do for work?
Barbara Liskov worked as a computer scientist[3], university teacher[4], and engineer[5].
Where did Barbara Liskov go to school?
Barbara Liskov was educated at University of California, Berkeley[11].
What awards did Barbara Liskov receive?
Honors received include Turing Award[14], IEEE John von Neumann Medal[15], Harold Pender Award[16], and National Inventors Hall of Fame[17].
What did Barbara Liskov discover?
Barbara Liskov is credited as discoverer of Liskov substitution principle[56].