Collins, G. E. (George Edwin), 1928-2017
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- Collins, G. E. (George Edwin), 1928-
- Collins, George Edwin, 1928-2017
- Collins, George E. (George Edwin), 1928-2017
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Birth Date
- 1928-01-10
Death Date
- 2017-11-21
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 2008
- Organization: North Carolina State University
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1996
- Affiliation End: 2002
- Organization: University of Delaware
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1991
- Affiliation End: 1996
- Organization: Johannes Kepler Universität Linz
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1986
- Affiliation End: 1991
- Organization: Ohio State University
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1985
- Affiliation End: 1986
- Organization: University of Delaware
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1978
- Affiliation End: 1978
- Organization: Universität Karlsruhe
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1974
- Affiliation End: 1975
- Organization: Universität Kaiserslautern
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1972
- Affiliation End: 1973
- Organization: Stanford University
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1966
- Affiliation End: 1986
- Organization: University of Wisconsin--Madison
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation End: 1955
- Organization: Cornell University
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation End: 1952
- Organization: State University of Iowa
Has Affiliation
- Organization: University of Delaware. Department of Computer and Information Sciences
- Organization: Association for Computing Machinery
Birth Place
- Stuart (Iowa)
Associated Language
- English
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Earlier Established Forms
- Collins, G. E. (George Edwin), 1928-
Sources
- found: Computer algebra, c1982:CIP t.p. (G.E. Collins) data sheet (Collins, George Edwin; b. 1/10/28)
- found: Prabook website, December 11, 2017(George Edwin Collins; American computer scientist, mathematician, educator; achievements include pioneering work in computer algebra; invention of method for cylindrical algebraic decomposition and quantifier elimination; born January 10, 1928 in Stuart, Iowa; bachelor in mathematics, State University Iowa, 1951; master of science in mathematics, State University Iowa, 1952; doctor of philosophy in mathematics, Cornell University, 1955; associate professor to professor University Wisconsin, Madison, 1966-1986; professor Ohio State University, Columbus, 1986-1991; visiting professor Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria, 1991-1996; research professor University Delaware, Newark, 1996-2002, retired, 2002; chairman department University Wisconsin, Madison, 1970-1972; visiting professor Stanford (California) University, 1972-1973, University Kaiserslautern, West Germany, 1974-1975, University Karlsruhe, West Germany, 1978, adjunct professor North Carolina State University, since 2008)
- found: UDaily, via WWW, December 11, 2017:In memoriam: George E. Collins, article by College of Engineering staff, published December 11, 2017 (George E. Collins, a Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Delaware from 1985-1986 and 1995-2002, died November 21, 2017; born in Iowa, Professor Collins graduated from the State University of Iowa and earned his doctoral degree from Cornell University; a computer scientist and ACM Fellow, Dr. Collins made many fundamental contributions to the field of computer algebra; created the cylindrical algebraic decomposition (CAD) method for the quantifier elimination problem and is known in computer science more generally for the reference counting approach to memory management)
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Change Notes
- 1982-07-20: new
- 2018-02-03: revised
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