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Brian Wilson Kernighan (/ ˈ k ɜːr n ɪ h æ n /; born January 30, 1942) is a Canadian computer scientist. He worked at Bell Labs and contributed to the development of Unix alongside Unix creators Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie .
Learn about Brian Kernighan, a professor of computer science at Princeton University and the co-author of several influential books on programming languages and systems. Find his recent books, research, teaching, and publications on his home page.
An effective heuristic algorithm for the traveling-salesman problem. S Lin, BW Kernighan. Operations research 21 (2), 498-516. , 1973. 5674. 1973. AMPL. A modeling language for mathematical programming. R Fourer, DM Gay, BW Kernighan.
The C Programming Language (sometimes termed K&R, after its authors' initials) is a computer programming book written by Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie, the latter of whom originally designed and implemented the C programming language, as well as co-designed the Unix operating system with which development of the language was closely ...
Brian Kernighan is a renowned computer scientist and author of several influential books on programming languages, software tools, and digital humanities. He is a professor at Princeton University, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, and a former head of the Computing Structures Research Department at Bell Laboratories.
Jan 26, 2022 · Brian Kernighan, author of The C Programming Language and other books, talks about his latest book on computers, the Internet, privacy, and security. He shares his inspiration, process, and insights on topics such as Python, machine learning, and 5G.
Aug 23, 2022 · The co-author of The C Programming Language and AWK, a Unix text-parsing tool, continues to improve its Unicode support at 80. Learn about his summer project, his collaboration with Dennis Ritchie, and his interview with Computerphile.
