About Hisao Yamada
Lived 1930 – 2008 (aged 77). Hisao Yamada was a Japanese computer scientist.
was a Japanese computer scientist, known for his influential contributions to theoretical computer science, as well as for the development of Japanese keyboard layouts, a challenging practical problem. From 1972 to 1991, he was professor of the formal languages division at the Department for Information Science at the University of Tokyo.
Work In the field of theoretical computer science, Yamada introduced the notion of real-time computability. As his colleague Aravind Joshi recalls:
Selected publications
Hisao Yamada: "A Historical Study of Typewriters and Typing Methods: from the Position of Planning Japanese Parallels", Journal of Information Processing, 2(4) (February 1980), pp. 175–202
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Who was Hisao Yamada?
Japanese computer scientist (1930–2008)
When was Hisao Yamada born?
Hisao Yamada was born on 8 June 1930 in Tokyo.
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Hisao Yamada died on 21 May 2008.
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Hisao Yamada was a computer scientist.
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Hisao Yamada was Japanese.
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