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Amir Pnueli

1941-04-22 – 2009-11-02

Portrait of Amir Pnueli
FLoC 2006: Amir PnueliCredit: Dennis Hamilton

Life & Legacy

Amir Pnueli (Hebrew: אמיר פנואלי; April 22, 1941 – November 2, 2009) was an Israeli computer scientist and the 1996 Turing Award recipient. He introduced the use of temporal logic to reason about programs in computer science.

Occupation & Career

computer scientist, engineer, pedagogue, university teacher, mathematician

Education

Technion – Israel Institute of Technology; Weizmann Institute of Science

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

Israel Prize; Turing Award; ACM Software System Award; ACM Fellow; honorary doctorate from Joseph Fourier University

Legacy Highlights

Honors & Awards

ACM Fellow · ACM Software System Award · honorary doctorate from Joseph Fourier University · Israel Prize · Turing Award

Employer

New York University · New York University Tandon School of Engineering · Tel Aviv University

Organizations & Memberships

Association for Computing Machinery · Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities · National Academy of Engineering

Education & Institutions

Technion – Israel Institute of Technology · Weizmann Institute of Science

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Sources & Provenance

  1. Wikidata population candidate Q92649 — wikidata View source

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