Leslie Lamport

Leslie Lamport (born February 7, 1941 in New York City) is an American computer scientist. Lamport is best known for his seminal work in distributed systems and as the initial developer of the document preparation system LaTeX. A graduate of the Bronx High School of Science, he received a B.S. in mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1960, and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in mathematics from Brandeis University, respectively in ... More

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  • Feb 7, 1941 (age 71 years)
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Year Award Award Winner Notes/Description
  • 2008
  • 2000
  • for his paper on logical clocks.
  • 2005
  • for their paper on Byzantine agreement.
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