Philippe Dreyfus is a French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 informatics

Informatics (academic field)

Informatics is the science of information, the practice of information processing, and the engineering of information systems. Informatics studies the structure, algorithms, behavior, and interactions of natural and artificial systems that store, process, access and communicate information...

 pioneer.

After gaining his Master Degree in physics

Physics

Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...

 in 1950 from the École supérieure de physique et de chimie industrielles de la ville de Paris

École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris

The école supérieure de physique et de chimie industrielles de la ville de Paris or ESPCI ParisTech is a chemistry and physics engineering college run by the city of Paris, France and a member of ParisTech...

, he became a professor at the Informatics faculty at Harvard University

Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...

 using Mark I

Harvard Mark I

The IBM Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator , called the Mark I by Harvard University, was an electro-mechanical computer....

, the first automated computer ever built. In 1958 he was nominated director of the Bull Calculus Centre.

In 1962 he coined the new term Informatique .

In 1965 he became director of CAP Europe, an Anglo-French company, as well as director of CAP France and CAP UK. After CAP France and CAP Europe fused with Sogeti

Sogeti

Sogeti is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cap Gemini Group. It is an international information technology consultancy specializing in local professional services. Sogeti employs 20,000 people in 15 countries. Sogeti developed Test Management Approach....

, and the consequent acquisition of Gemini Inc. (USA), he became in 1975 Vice-President of Sogeti, a position he still holds today.

Philippe Dreyfus is a member of the ECSA Council (European Computing Services Association) and was the founder of Syntec Informatique.

In 1962 he invented and definied the concept of programming language

Programming language

A programming language is an artificial language designed to communicate instructions to a machine, particularly a computer. Programming languages can be used to create programs that control the behavior of a machine and/or to express algorithms precisely....

 and in 1990 he introduced the concept of informativity ( Informativité ).