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Brian_Kernighan
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Brian Kernighan | |
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 Brian Kernighan presenting at Vintage Computer Festival East in April 2025 | |
| Born | Brian Wilson Kernighan 30 January 1942 |
| Citizenship | Canada |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto (BASc) Princeton University (PhD) |
| Known for | |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer science |
| Institutions | Princeton University |
| Thesis | Some Graph Partitioning Problems Related to Program Segmentation (1969) |
| Doctoral advisor | Peter Weiner |
| Website | www |
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