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Georges Gonthier

b. 1962

Canadian computer scientist (born 1962)

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Born 1962. Georges Gonthier is a Canadian computer scientist.

Georges Gonthier is a Canadian computer scientist and practitioner in formal mathematics. He led the formalization of the four color theorem and Feit–Thompson proof of the odd-order theorem. (Both were written using the proof assistant Rocq.)

In 2011, as a principal researcher at Microsoft Research Cambridge, he received the EADS Foundation Grand Prize in Computer Science, given jointly by the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company and the French Academy of Sciences.

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Who is Georges Gonthier?

Canadian computer scientist (born 1962)

When was Georges Gonthier born?

Georges Gonthier was born on 18 April 1962 in Montreal.

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Georges Gonthier is a computer scientist.

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Georges Gonthier is Canadian.

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