John Hopcroft

American computer scientist
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Also known as: John Edward Hopcroft
Quick Facts
In full:
John Edward Hopcroft
Born:
October 7, 1939, Seattle, Washington, U.S. (age 85)
Awards And Honors:
Turing Award (1986)

John Hopcroft (born October 7, 1939, Seattle, Washington, U.S.) is an American computer scientist and cowinner of the 1986 A.M. Turing Award, the highest honour in computer science, for “fundamental achievements in the design and analysis of algorithms and data structures.” In addition, Hopcroft made major contributions to automata theory and computational complexity. Hopcroft earned a bachelor’s degree (1961) in electrical engineering from Seattle University and a master’s degree (1962) and doctorate (1964) in electrical engineering from Stanford University. After leaving Stanford, Hopcroft held appointments at Princeton University (1964–67) and at Cornell University (1967– ), where he became the IBM ...(100 of 225 words)