Robert S. Boyer
Robert Stephen Boyer | |
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Born | [1] Washington, D. C. | August 2, 1946
Nationality | American |
Education | Ph.D. in Mathematics |
Alma mater | University of Texas at Austin |
Occupation(s) | Computer scientist, mathematician |
Employer(s) | The University of Texas at Austin University of Edinburgh |
Known for | Boyer–Moore string-search algorithm, Nqthm, ACL2 |
Spouse | Anne Olivia Herrington[1] |
Children | Madeleine, Margaret, Nathaniel[1] |
Scientific career | |
Thesis | Locking: A Restriction of Resolution (1971) |
Doctoral advisor | Woodrow Wilson Bledsoe |
Website | https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~boyer/ |
Robert Stephen Boyer is an American retired professor of computer science, mathematics, and philosophy at The University of Texas at Austin. He and J Strother Moore invented the Boyer–Moore string-search algorithm, a particularly efficient string searching algorithm, in 1977. He and Moore also collaborated on the Boyer–Moore automated theorem prover, Nqthm, in 1992.[2] Following this, he worked with Moore and Matt Kaufmann on another theorem prover called ACL2. He was elected AAAI Fellow in 1991.[3]
Publications
[edit]Boyer has published extensively, including the following books:
- A Computational Logic Handbook, with J S. Moore. Second Edition. Academic Press, London, 1998.
- Automated Reasoning: Essays in Honor of Woody Bledsoe, editor. Kluwer Academic, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 1991.
- A Computational Logic Handbook, with J S. Moore. Academic Press, New York, 1988.
- The Correctness Problem in Computer Science, editor, with J S. Moore. Academic Press, London, 1981.
- A Computational Logic, with J S. Moore. Academic Press, New York, 1979.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Curriculum Vitae
- ^ "Nqthm, the Boyer–Moore prover". Retrieved 2006-04-21.
- ^ "Elected AAAI Fellows". AAAI. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
External links
[edit]- Home page of Robert S. Boyer. Accessed February 18, 2016.
- University of Texas, College of Liberal Arts Honors Retired Faculty - 2008.[dead link] Accessed March 21, 2009.