Honorary Degrees
This is a list of all Honorary Doctors of the University of York, sponsored by the Department of Computer Science.
???? | Niklaus Wirth | Designer of the Pascal language |
???? | Tony (C.A.R.) Hoare | Developer of the first Algol compiler, inventor of quicksort and CSP, and pioneer of formal methods |
???? | John Backus | Principal designer of the Fortran language |
???? | Brian Oakley | Chairman of SERC, and head of the Alvey (5th generation IT) programme |
2000 | Donald Michie | Bletchley Park cryptanalyst and pioneer of artificial intelligence |
2006 | John Barnes | One of the designers of the Ada language, and writer about real-time programming |
2010 | He Jifeng | ---------------------------------------- |