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Pierre Wolper

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Pierre Wolper · Technology & Engineering

What

Pioneer of model checking with temporal logic; Gödel Prize (2000)

When

2000

Where

Belgium (Liège — University of Liège)

Biography

Pierre Wolper is recognized among Jewish contributors to Technology & Engineering — Pioneer of model checking with temporal logic; Gödel Prize (2000)

How & why

Wolper, a Belgian computer scientist of Jewish background at the University of Liège, co-developed the automata-theoretic approach to model checking, using finite automata and temporal logic to verify automatically that computer and hardware systems behave correctly. He shared the Gödel Prize in 2000 and later became rector of his university.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the Gödel Prize

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Pioneer of model checking with temporal logic; Gödel Prize (2000)

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the Gödel Prize