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Barbara Liskov (born November 7, 1939, as Barbara Jane Huberman) is an American computer scientist who has made pioneering contributions to programming languages and distributed computing.
Jul 16, 2021 · Barbara Liskov is an Institute Professor and head of the Programming Methodology Group. Liskov's research interests lie in programming methodology, programming languages and systems, and distributed computing.
May 1, 2024 · Barbara Liskov (born November 7, 1939, Los Angeles, California, U.S.) is an American computer scientist who won the 2008 A.M. Turing Award, the highest honour in computer science, for her “pioneering work in the design of computer programming languages.”
Barbara Liskov. Institute Professor. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Programming Methodology Group. 32 Vassar St. 32-G942.
Liskov is currently the Ford Professor of Engineering at MIT. She leads the Programming Methodology Group at MIT, with a current research focus in Byzantine fault tolerance and distributed computing. She became a full professor at MIT in 1980.
Sep 16, 2021 · Liskov is keen to give credit to her students Russ Atkinson, Alan Snyder and Craig Schaffert as well as Stephen Zilles, who was also at MIT and worked with her in 1973 refining the concepts that underlay CLU.
Nov 20, 2019 · Barbara Liskov pioneered the modern approach to writing code. She warns that the challenges facing computer science today can’t be overcome with good design alone. Barbara Liskov invented the architecture that underlies modern programs. “Designing something just powerful enough is an art.”.
