Paul Hudak
Paul Raymond Hudak (born July 15, 1952 in Baltimore , Maryland , † April 29, 2015 in New Haven , Connecticut ) was an American computer science professor at Yale University . He was a co-developer of the functional programming language Haskell .
biography
Paul Hudak received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Vanderbilt University in Nashville , Tennessee in 1973 . In 1974 he received his Masters in Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Hudak then worked for the Watkins-Johnson Company from 1974 to 1979, developing data acquisition systems for the United States Department of Defense . In 1982 he received his PhD in computer science and his PhD from the University of Utah . From 1982 he worked at Yale University, where Hudak headed the computer science department from 1999 to 2005.
Paul Hudak has two daughters (Christina and Jennifer). He was married to Cathy Van Dyke until his death and died on April 29, 2015 after a long and serious illness of leukemia .
Publications
- The Haskell School of Expression - Learning Functional Programming through Multimedia . Cambridge University Press, New York 2000, ISBN 978-052-164408-2
- The Haskell School of Music - From Signals to Symphonies . Version 2.4, New Haven 2012, (PDF; 2.4 MB)
Web links
- Paul Hudak on haskell.cs.yale.edu, May 1, 2015
- CV on cs.yale.edu, May 1st, 2015
Individual evidence
- ↑ obituary on news.yale.edu, on May 2, 2015
- ↑ Haskell creator Paul Hudak is dead on heise.de on May 1, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hudak, Paul |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hudak, Paul Raymond (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American computer scientist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 15, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Baltimore , Maryland |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 29, 2015 |
| Place of death | New Haven , Connecticut |