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David S. Johnson
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David Stifler Johnson
December 9, 1945 |
| Died | March 8, 2016 (aged 70) |
| Nationality | American |
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| Fields | Computer science |
| Thesis | Near-Optimal Bin Packing Algorithms (1973) |
David Stifler Johnson (December 9, 1945 – March 8, 2016) was an American computer scientist. He was known for his works in algorithms and optimization. He was the head of the Algorithms and Optimization Department of AT&T Labs Research from 1988 to 2013. He was a visiting professor at Columbia University from 2014 to 2016. He was awarded the 2010 Knuth Prize.
Johnson died on March 8, 2016 at the age of 70.
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