Peter van Emde Boas

Dutch computer scientist

In this Dutch name, the surname is  van Emde Boas, not  Boas.

Peter van Emde Boas

Van Emde Boas in 1977

Born|  (1945-04-03) April 3, 1945 (age 80)

Amsterdam, Netherlands[1]

Known for| Van Emde Boas tree
Scientific career
Doctoral advisor| Adriaan van Wijngaarden

Peter van Emde Boas (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈpeːtər vɑn ˈɛmdə ˈboːɑs]; born 3 April 1945) is a Dutch computer scientist and professor at the University of Amsterdam.[2] He gained his doctorate in 1974 under Adriaan van Wijngaarden.[3] The Van Emde Boas tree is named after him.[4]

## References

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1. ^ Dr. P. van Emde Boas, 1945 - at the University of Amsterdam Album Academicum online
2. ^ "Prof.dr Peter van Emde Boas". Retrieved 5 November 2015.
3. ^ Peter van Emde Boas at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
4. ^ Peter van Emde Boas  Preserving order in a forest in less than logarithmic time, Proceedings of the 16th Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science, 1975, S. 75-84 - doi:10.1109/SFCS.1975.26

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