About J. W. J. Williams
Lived 1929 – 2012 (aged 82–83). J. W. J. Williams was a computer scientist.
John William Joseph (Bill) Williams (September was a computer scientist best known for inventing heapsort and the binary heap data structure in 1963 while working for Elliot Bros. (London) Ltd.
Personal life He was born in England, in the district of Chippenham in Wiltshire County, He also worked for English Electric and GEC.
After moving to Canada in 1974, he worked for Bell-Northern Research Ltd., Ottawa (BNR) and Northern Telecom (Nortel) until retiring in 1995. At BNR, he worked on various software and hardware systems such as the DMS-100 digital telephone switch, publishing a paper about their software in June 1982.
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Who was J. W. J. Williams?
Welsh-Canadian computer scientist
When was J. W. J. Williams born?
J. W. J. Williams was born in 1929.
When did J. W. J. Williams die?
J. W. J. Williams died on 29 September 2012.
What was J. W. J. Williams's occupation?
J. W. J. Williams was a computer scientist.
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