Jacob T. Schwartz
| Jacob T. Schwartz | |
|---|---|
| Born |
January 9, 1930 The Bronx, New York |
| Died | March 2, 2009 (aged 79) Manhattan, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields |
Applied mathematics Computer sciences |
| Institutions |
Yale University New York University |
| Alma mater |
City College of New York (B.S., 1949) Yale University (M.A., 1949; Ph.D., 1951) |
| Doctoral advisor | Nelson Dunford |
| Doctoral students |
Jerry Hobbs Ken Kennedy Robert Kupperman Stanley Osher Gian-Carlo Rota Shmuel Winograd |
| Known for | Dunford-Schwartz theorem |
| Notable awards | Leroy P. Steele Prize (1981) |
Jacob Theodore "Jack" Schwartz (January 9, 1930 – March 2, 2009) was an American mathematician, computer scientist, and professor of computer science at the New York University Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. He was the designer of the SETL programming language and started the NYU Ultracomputer project. He founded the New York University Department of Computer Science, chairing it from 1964 to 1980.
Schwartz was born in The Bronx, New York on January 9, 1930 to Ignatz and Hedwig Schwartz. He attended Stuyvesant High School and went on to City College of New York.
He received his B.S. (1949) from the City College of New York and his M.A. (1949) and Ph.D. (1951) from Yale University.
His research interests included the theory of linear operators, von Neumann algebras, quantum field theory, time-sharing, parallel computing, programming language design and implementation, robotics, set-theoretic approaches in computational logic, proof and program verification systems; multimedia authoring tools; experimental studies of visual perception; multimedia and other high-level software techniques for analysis and visualization of bioinformatic data.
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