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Gerald Sussman

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Gerald Sussman · Technology & Engineering

What

Computer & information scientist

When

1947, New York City, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Gerald Sussman is recognized among Jewish contributors to Technology & Engineering — Computer & information scientist

How & why

Gerald Jay Sussman is an American computer scientist at MIT who, with Guy Steele, created the Scheme programming language and, with Hal Abelson, wrote Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP), one of the most influential computer-science textbooks. He also contributed to artificial intelligence, VLSI design and computational approaches to physics. He was born in Brooklyn to a Jewish family.

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Computer & information scientist

Source: Jinfo.org — JEWISH COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENTISTS