doctoral_advisor death_place death_date birth_place awards nationality fields workplaces birth_date known_for doctoral_students signature article_title name alma_mater
cornelis benjamin biezeno amstelveen 07 february 1987 rotterdam ieee computer pioneer award -lrb- 1986 -rrb- dutch numerical mathematics computer science university of amsterdam mathematisch centrum in amsterdam 02 november 1916 algol cwi ifip van wijngaarden grammar edsger riet peter van emde boas guus zoutendijk -- > w. dijkstra jaco de bakker reinder van de adriaan van wijngaarden signature.jpg adriaan van wijngaarden
 adriaan van wijngaarden delft university of technology
adriaan van wijngaarden

adriaan van wijngaarden -lrb- 2 november 1916 -- 7 february 1987 -rrb- was a dutch mathematician and computer scientist , who is considered by many to have been the founding father of `` informatica '' -lrb- computer science -rrb- in the netherlands .
even though he was trained as an engineer , van wijngaarden would emphasize and promote the mathematical aspects of computing , first in numerical analysis , then in programming languages and finally in design principles of programming languages .
