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Michel Sintzoff
Birth Date:12 August 1938
Birth Place:Brussels, Belgium
Death Place:Belgium
Citizenship:Belgium
Fields:Mathematics, computer science
Workplaces:Manufacture Belge de Lampes et matériel Electrique Research Laboratory
Université catholique de Louvain
Education:Université catholique de Louvain (M.Sc., 1962)
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Known For:ALGOL 68
Science of Computer Programming
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Michel Sintzoff (12 August 1938 – 28 November 2010)[1] was a Belgian mathematician and computer scientist.[2]

He was one of the editors of the Revised Report on the Algorithmic Language Algol 68.

He was a member of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) IFIP Working Group 2.1 on Algorithmic Languages and Calculi,[3] which specified, maintains, and supports the programming languages ALGOL 60 and ALGOL 68.[4]

He was also a member of IFIP Working Group 2.3 on Programming Methodology, of which he was chairperson from 2003 to 2006.[5]

In 1981, he founded the journal Science of Computer Programming. Until 1999, he was editor-in-chief.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Michel Sintzoff: 72 Years . Inmemoriam.
  2. van Lamsweerde . Axel . Axel van Lamsweerde . 2011 . The Humble Humorous Researcher: A Tribute to Michel Sintzoff . Formal Aspects of Computing . 23 . 3 . 239–242.
  3. Web site: Profile of IFIP Working Group 2.1 . Jeuring . Johan . Meertens . Lambert . Lambert Meertens . Guttmann . Walter . 2016-08-17 . Foswiki . 2020-09-06.
  4. Web site: ScopeEtc: IFIP21: Foswiki . Swierstra . Doaitse . Gibbons . Jeremy . Jeremy Gibbons . Meertens . Lambert . Lambert Meertens . 2011-03-02 . Foswiki . 2020-09-06.
  5. Web site: Sintzoff . Michel . . Michel Sintzoff . Engineering Computer Science . Catholic University of Louvain . dead . https://archive.today/20131118022946/http://www.info.ucl.ac.be/~ms/ . 2013-11-18.