Bjarne Stroustrup

Bjarne Stroustrup
Bjarne Stroustrup
	Stroustrup in 2013
Born	30 December 1950; Aarhus, Denmark
Nationality	Danish
Alma mater	Aarhus University (Cand.scient.); University of Cambridge (PhD);
Known for	C++
Spouse	Marian Tinson (m. 1975)
Children	2
Awards	Grace Murray Hopper Award (1993); ACM Fellow (1994); IEEE Fellow (1994); NAE Member (2004) ; William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement (2005); Dr. Dobb's Excellence Award (2008); Dahl–Nygaard Prize (2015); CHM Fellow (2015); IET Faraday Medal (2017); Charles Stark Draper Prize (2018); Computer Pioneer Award (2018); John Scott Medal (2018);
	Scientific career
Institutions	Aarhus University; University of Cambridge; Texas A&M University; Bell Labs; Morgan Stanley; Columbia University;
Thesis	Communication and control in distributed computer systems (1979)
Doctoral advisor	David Wheeler
Website	stroustrup.com

Bjarne Stroustrup (/ˈbjɑːrnə ˈstrɒvstrʊp/ ^ⓘ; Danish: [ˈbjɑːnə ˈstʁʌwˀstʁɔp];^[3]^[4] born 30 December 1950) is a Danish computer scientist, known for the development of the C++ programming language.^[5] He led the Large-scale Programming Research department at Bell Labs, served as a professor of computer science at Texas A&M University, and spent over a decade at Morgan Stanley while also being a visiting professor at Columbia University. Since 2022 he has been a full professor at Columbia.^[6]

^ "Election to National Academy of Engineering, USA 2004".
^ Bjarne Stroustrup at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
^ Stroustrup, Bjarne. "How do you pronounce "Bjarne Stroustrup?"". Bjarne Stroustrup's Homepage. Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
^ Stroustrup, Bjarne. "Bjarne pronounces his own name". Bjarne Stroustrup's Homepage. Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
^ Wong, William (29 October 2013). "Interview: Bjarne Stroustrup Discusses C++". Electronic Design. Archived from the original on 22 November 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
^ "Bjarne Stroustrup". Columbia Engineering. 1 July 2020. Archived from the original on 13 October 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2023.

[1] "Election to National Academy of Engineering, USA 2004".

[mathgene-2] Bjarne Stroustrup at the Mathematics Genealogy Project

[3] Stroustrup, Bjarne. "How do you pronounce "Bjarne Stroustrup?"". Bjarne Stroustrup's Homepage. Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2014.

[4] Stroustrup, Bjarne. "Bjarne pronounces his own name". Bjarne Stroustrup's Homepage. Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2014.

[5] Wong, William (29 October 2013). "Interview: Bjarne Stroustrup Discusses C++". Electronic Design. Archived from the original on 22 November 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2014.

[6] "Bjarne Stroustrup". Columbia Engineering. 1 July 2020. Archived from the original on 13 October 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2023.

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