Yoshio Shimamoto
Japanese nuclear physicist (*1924 – †2009)
About Yoshio Shimamoto
Lived 1924 – 2009 (aged 84–85). Yoshio Shimamoto was a mathematician and nuclear physicist.
Yoshio Shimamoto was a nuclear physicist who also did work in mathematics and computer science.
While at Brookhaven National Laboratory (1954-1987), he designed the logic for the MERLIN digital computer in 1958,
and served as chairman of the Applied Mathematics Department from 1964 to 1975.
Shimamoto researched in combinatorial mathematics, the economics of outer continental shelf oil and gas lease sales (on behalf of the U.S. Geological Survey), the architecture of supercomputers, and the linking of computers for parallel processing.
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Who was Yoshio Shimamoto?
Japanese nuclear physicist (*1924 – †2009)
When was Yoshio Shimamoto born?
Yoshio Shimamoto was born in 1924.
When did Yoshio Shimamoto die?
Yoshio Shimamoto died on 27 August 2009.
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Yoshio Shimamoto was a mathematician and nuclear physicist.
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