About Donald B. Johnson
Lived 1933 – 1994 (aged 60). Donald B. Johnson was an American computer scientist, known for Dartmouth College.
Donald Bruce Johnson (December 16, 1933 – September 10, 1994) was an American computer scientist, a researcher in the design and analysis of algorithms, and the founding chair of the computer science department at Dartmouth College.
Johnson received his Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1973 under the supervision of David Gries. He took a faculty position in the computer science department at Pennsylvania State University, and later moved to the department of mathematics at Dartmouth. he became its first chair. and is also known for Johnson's algorithm for the all-pairs shortest path problem.
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Who was Donald B. Johnson?
American computer scientist (1933-1994)
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Donald B. Johnson was born on 16 December 1933.
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Donald B. Johnson died on 10 September 1994.
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Donald B. Johnson was a computer scientist.
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Donald B. Johnson was known for Dartmouth College.
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Donald B. Johnson was American.
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