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Leonardo de Moura

American computer scientist, known for Lean and Z3

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Leonardo de Moura was an American computer scientist and mathematician.

Leonardo de Moura is a Brazilian computer scientist, and creator of the Z3 Theorem Prover and the Lean proof assistant during his time at Microsoft Research. He currently works at AWS and is the Chief Architect at the Lean FRO.

Awards and honors The 2007 CADE Skolem Award for the paper "Efficient E-Matching for SMT Solvers". The 2021 Computer Aided Verification Award for his contributions regarding his work on Z3. The 2025 CADE Skolem Award for the paper "The Lean Theorem Prover (System Description)".

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Important facts

Nationality
Education
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
Employers
Microsoft Research, Amazon Web Services
Awards
Herbrand Award

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American computer scientist, known for Lean and Z3

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Leonardo de Moura was a computer scientist and mathematician.

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Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Leonardo de Moura

· Wikidata: Q84844322

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