Richard Fateman

Richard Fateman is a professor of computer science at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Computer science - University of California, Berkeley

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He received a BS in Physics and Mathematics from Union College in 1966, and a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Harvard University in 1971. He was a major contributor to the Macsyma computer algebra system at MIT and later to the Franz Lisp system. His current interests include scientific programming environments; computer algebra systems; distributed computing; analysis of algorithms; programming and measurement of large systems; design and implementation of programming languages; and optical character recognition.

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Union College - Harvard University - Macsyma - MIT - Franz Lisp - Computer algebra system - Distributed computing - Analysis of algorithms - Programming languages - Optical character recognition

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Richard Fateman is the father of musician Johanna Fateman.

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