Maurice Nivat

Professor
Maurice Nivat
Ph.D.
Nivat in 2006
Born(1937-12-21)21 December 1937
Clermont-Ferrand, France
Died21 September 2017(2017-09-21) (aged 79)
Alma materJoseph Fourier University
Known forTheoretical computer science
Awards
  • French Academy of Sciences
  • Legion d'honneur
  • Ordre national du Mérite
  • Ordre des Palmes Académiques
  • EATCS
  • University of Bologna
  • University of Quebec at Montreal
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
InstitutionsUniversity of Paris
ThesisTransductions of Chomsky Languages (1967)
Doctoral advisor
Marcel-Paul Schützenberger
Doctoral students
Bruno Courcelle
Philippe Flajolet
Gérard Huet

Maurice Paul Nivat (21 December 1937 – 21 September 2017) was a French computer scientist. His research in computer science spanned the areas of formal languages, programming language semantics, and discrete geometry. A 2006 citation for an honorary doctorate (Ph.D.) called Nivat one of the fathers of theoretical computer science. He was a professor at the University Paris Diderot until 2001.

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