Gaston H. Gonnet is a
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an
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and entrepreneur. He is best known for his contributions to the Maple computer algebra system and the creation of an electronic version of the
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.
Gonnet received his doctorate in computer science from the
University of WaterlooThe University of Waterloo is a comprehensive public university in the city of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The school was founded in 1957 by Drs. Gerry Hagey and Ira G. Needles, and has since grown to an institution of more than 30,000 students, faculty, and staff...
in 1977. His thesis was entitled
Interpolation and Interpolation Hash Searching. His advisor was
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.
In 1980 Gonnet co-founded the Symbolic Computation Group at the University of Waterloo.
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Gaston H. Gonnet is a
UruguayUruguay , is a country located in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to 3.46 million people, of whom 1.1 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area. An estimated 88–94% of the population are of mostly European and/or mixed descent.Uruguay's only land border is...
an
computer scientistA computer scientist is a person who has acquired knowledge of computer science, the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their application in computer systems....
and entrepreneur. He is best known for his contributions to the Maple computer algebra system and the creation of an electronic version of the
Oxford English DictionaryThe Oxford English Dictionary , published by the Oxford University Press , is a comprehensive dictionary of the English language...
.
Education and professional life
Gonnet received his doctorate in computer science from the
University of WaterlooThe University of Waterloo is a comprehensive public university in the city of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The school was founded in 1957 by Drs. Gerry Hagey and Ira G. Needles, and has since grown to an institution of more than 30,000 students, faculty, and staff...
in 1977. His thesis was entitled
Interpolation and Interpolation Hash Searching. His advisor was
J. Alan GeorgeJ. Alan George, FRSC is a computer scientist and university administrator.In the academic world, George is best known for his extensive research and wide-ranging contributions to the field of numerical linear algebra, specifically computation with sparse matrices...
.
In 1980 Gonnet co-founded the Symbolic Computation Group at the University of Waterloo. The work of SCG on a general-purpose
computer algebra systemA computer algebra system is a software program that facilitates symbolic mathematics. The core functionality of a CAS is manipulation of mathematical expressions in symbolic form.-Symbolic manipulations:...
later formed the core of the
MapleMaple is a general-purpose commercial computer algebra system. It was first developed in 1980 by the Symbolic Computation Group at the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada....
system. In 1988, Gonnet co-founded (with
Keith GeddesKeith Geddes is a Professor in the Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario. He is a former director of the in the School of Computer Science...
) the private company
Waterloo MapleWaterloo Maple Inc. is a privately held Canadian software company, headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario. It operates under the trading name Maplesoft and is best known as the manufacturer of the Maple computer algebra system.-Corporate History:...
Inc., to sell Maple commercially.
In 1984 Gonnet co-founded the New Oxford English Dictionary project at UW, which sought to create a searchable electronic version of the OED. This project later culminated in another successful commercial venture, the
Open Text CorporationOpen Text Corporation is a Canadian high-tech company based in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. It produces and distributes computer software applications designed to enable enterprise content management solutions for large corporate and government systems. Its flagship offering is the Open Text ECM...
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Gonnet is presently a professor at
ETH ZurichETH Zurich or Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich is a science and technology university in the City of Zurich, Switzerland...
in
ZurichZürich or Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zürich. The city is Switzerland's main commercial and cultural centre and sometimes called the Cultural Capital of Switzerland, the political capital of Switzerland being Berne...
,
SwitzerlandSwitzerland , officially the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 states named cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities...
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