Professor
William Kahan
University of California, Berkeley
Mathematician; Computer scientist; Educator
Area
Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Specialty
Computer Sciences
Elected
2003
Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. Mathematician. Led the design of a mathematically reliable floating-point arithmetic standard built into commercially significant fast computers since 1985. Honored by the Association for Computing Machinery, the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.
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