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| birth_name = Gaston Henry Gonnet Haas
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|birth_place = [[Montevideo]], [[Uruguay]]
| birth_place = [[Montevideo]], [[Uruguay]]
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| nationality = [[Uruguay]]an, [[Canadians|Canadian]], [[Switzerland|Swiss]]
|occupation = [[computer scientist]], entrepreneur, [[professor]]
| field = [[Bioinformatics]]<br>[[Scientific computation]]<br>[[Computer algebra]]<br>[[Machine learning]]<ref name=gs/>
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|nationality = [[Uruguay]]an, [[Canada|Canadian]], [[Switzerland|Swiss]]
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| work_institutions = [[University of Waterloo]], [[ETH Zurich]]
|field = [[Computer science]]
|work_institutions = [[University of Waterloo]], [[ETH Zurich]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Waterloo]]
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| doctoral_advisor = [[J. Alan George]]
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|alma_mater = [[University of Waterloo]]
| doctoral_students = [[Ricardo Baeza-Yates]]<br>[[Christophe Dessimoz]]<ref name=dphd>{{cite thesis|degree=PhD|first=Christophe|last=Dessimoz|url=https://www.research-collection.ethz.ch/handle/20.500.11850/72801|year=2009|title=Comparative Genomics Using Pairwise Evolutionary Distances|doi=10.3929/ethz-a-005762050|website=ethz.ch|oclc=935351416|publisher=ETH Zurich|hdl=20.500.11850/72801 }} {{open access}}</ref>
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|doctoral_advisor = [[J. Alan George]]
|known_for = [[Maple (software)|Maple Computer Algebra]]<br />[https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/~fwtompa/newoed-project.htmlNew Oxford English Dictionary Project]<br />[http://www.mathworks.ch/ch/help/bioinfo/ref/gonnet.htmlGonnet similarity matrix]
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'''Gaston H. Gonnet''' is a [[Uruguay]]an [[Canada|Canadian]] [[computer scientist]] and entrepreneur. He is best known for his contributions to the [[Maple computer algebra system]]<ref name="haigh">{{citation|title=Gaston Gonnet Oral history interview, 16–18 March, 2005, Zurich, Switzerland|first=Thomas|last=Haigh|year=2005|publisher=[[Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics]]|location=Philadelphia, PA|url=http://history.siam.org/oralhistories/gonnet.htm}}</ref> and the creation of an electronic version of the [[Oxford English Dictionary]].<ref>{{citation|title=Caught in the Web of bytes: the electronic Oxford English Dictionary|journal=[[The Atlantic]]|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-211411369.html|subscription=yes|date=February 1, 1989|last=Murphy|first=Cullen}}.</ref>
'''Gaston H. Gonnet''' is a [[Uruguay]]an [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[computer scientist]] and entrepreneur.<ref name=gs>{{Google scholar id}}</ref> He is best known for his contributions to the [[Maple computer algebra system]]<ref name="haigh">{{citation|title=Gaston Gonnet Oral history interview, 16–18 March, 2005, Zurich, Switzerland|first=Thomas|last=Haigh|year=2005|publisher=[[Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics]]|location=Philadelphia, PA|url=http://history.siam.org/oralhistories/gonnet.htm}}</ref> and the creation of a digital version of the [[Oxford English Dictionary]].<ref>{{citation|title=Caught in the Web of bytes: the electronic Oxford English Dictionary|journal=[[The Atlantic]]|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-211411369.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140610172634/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-211411369.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 10, 2014|url-access=subscription |date=February 1, 1989|last=Murphy|first=Cullen}}.</ref><ref>[https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/research/tr/1977/CS-77-02.pdf Interpolation and Interpolation-Hash Searching]</ref><ref>[https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gaston_Gonnet Publications and talks in Research Gate]</ref>


== Education and professional life ==
== Education and early life ==
Gonnet received his doctorate in computer science from the [[University of Waterloo]] in 1977. His thesis was entitled ''Interpolation and Interpolation Hash Searching''. His advisor was [[J. Alan George]].<ref>{{mathgenealogy|name=Gaston H. Gonnet|id=50873}}</ref>
Gonnet received his doctorate in computer science from the [[University of Waterloo]] in 1977. His thesis was entitled ''Interpolation and Interpolation-Hash Searching''. His advisor was [[J. Alan George]].<ref>{{mathgenealogy}}</ref>


==Career and research==
In 1980 Gonnet co-founded the Symbolic Computation Group at the University of Waterloo.<ref name="haigh"/> The work of SCG on a general-purpose [[computer algebra system]] later formed the core of the [[Maple (software)|Maple]] system. In 1988, Gonnet co-founded (with [[Keith Geddes]]) the private company [[Waterloo Maple]] Inc., to sell Maple commercially.<ref name="haigh"/> In the mid 90's the company ran into trouble and a disagreement between his colleagues caused him to withdraw from chairman of the Board and managerial involvement. On June 9, 2011, Gonnet and Keith O. Geddes received the ACM Richard D Jenks Memorial Prize for Excellence in Software Engineering Applied to Computer Algebra for the Maple Project.
In 1980 Gonnet co-founded the Symbolic Computation Group at the University of Waterloo.<ref name="haigh"/> The work of SCG on a general-purpose [[computer algebra system]] later formed the core of the [[Maple (software)|Maple]] system. In 1988, Gonnet co-founded (with [[Keith Geddes]]) the private company [[Waterloo Maple]] Inc., to sell Maple commercially.<ref name="haigh"/> In the mid-1990s the company ran into trouble and a disagreement between his colleagues caused him to withdraw from chairing of the board and managerial involvement.


In 1984 Gonnet co-founded the New Oxford English Dictionary project at UW, which sought to create a searchable electronic version of the [[Oxford English Dictionary]]. The project was selected by the [[Oxford University Press]] as a partner for the computerisation leading to the publication of the second edition of the OED. The UW project's main contributions were in the parsing of the source text to enhance the tagging and on building a full text searching system based on PAT trees (a version of [[suffix array]]). This project later culminated in another successful commercial venture, the [[Open Text Corporation]]. Gonnet was founder and chairman of the Board of OTC until 1994.
In 1984 Gonnet co-founded the New Oxford English Dictionary project at the University of Waterloo, which sought to create a searchable electronic version of the [[Oxford English Dictionary]]. The project was selected by the [[Oxford University Press]] as a partner for the computerisation leading to the publication of the second edition of the OED. The University of Waterloo project's main contributions were in the parsing of the source text to enhance the tagging and on building a full text searching system based on PAT trees (a version of [[suffix array]]). This project later culminated in another successful commercial venture, the [[Open Text Corporation]]. Gonnet was founder and chairman of the Board of OTC until 1994.


Gonnet is a professor in Informatik at [[ETH Zurich]] in [[Zurich]], [[Switzerland]],<ref>[http://www.inf.ethz.ch/people/faculty Faculty listing], ETHZ, retrieved 2013-02-14.</ref> and chief scientist of two Canadian startups: CeeqIT and Porfiau.
Gonnet is a computer science professor at [[ETH Zurich]] in [[Zurich]], [[Switzerland]].<ref>[http://www.inf.ethz.ch/people/faculty Faculty listing], ETHZ, retrieved 2013-02-14.</ref> In 1991, he began developing the [[Darwin (programming language)|Darwin]] programming language for biosciences,<ref>{{cite journal| title=Darwin v2.0: an interpreted computer language for the biosciences | year=2000 | doi=10.1093/bioinformatics/16.2.101 | s2cid=1531041 | last1=Gonnet | first1=G. H. | last2=Hallett | first2=M. T. | last3=Korostensky | first3=C. | last4=Bernardin | first4=L. | journal=Bioinformatics | volume=16 | issue=2 | pages=101–103 | pmid=10842729 | doi-access=free | hdl=20.500.11850/422531 | hdl-access=free }}</ref> which would become the basis for [[Orthologous MAtrix|OMA]],<ref>{{cite web| url=https://omabrowser.org/oma/about/ |title=About OMA |accessdate=2017-11-10}}</ref> a package and database for gene orthology prediction. He is chief scientist of two Canadian startups: CeeqIT and Porfiau.


===Awards and honours===
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On March 14, 2013 Gonnet was awarded a Dr. Honoris Causa by the [[Universidad de la República]], engineering faculty from Uruguay.
On June 9, 2011, Gonnet and Keith O. Geddes received the [[ACM Richard D. Jenks Memorial Prize]] for Excellence in Software Engineering Applied to Computer Algebra for the Maple Project.

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On March 14, 2013, Gonnet was awarded a Dr. Honoris Causa by the [[Universidad de la República]], engineering faculty from Uruguay.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}}

==See also==
* [[List of University of Waterloo people]]


==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.inf.ethz.ch/personal/gonnet/ Personal page at ETH Zurich]

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Latest revision as of 15:51, 30 January 2024

Gaston Gonnet
Gaston Gonnet in 2006.
Born
Gaston Henry Gonnet Haas

(1948-09-22) September 22, 1948 (age 75)
Montevideo, Uruguay
NationalityUruguayan, Canadian, Swiss
Alma materUniversity of Waterloo
Known forMaple Computer Algebra
OpenText
Scientific career
FieldsBioinformatics
Scientific computation
Computer algebra
Machine learning[1]
InstitutionsUniversity of Waterloo, ETH Zurich
Doctoral advisorJ. Alan George
Doctoral studentsRicardo Baeza-Yates
Christophe Dessimoz[2]
Websitewww.inf.ethz.ch/personal/gonnet

Gaston H. Gonnet is a Uruguayan Canadian computer scientist and entrepreneur.[1] He is best known for his contributions to the Maple computer algebra system[3] and the creation of a digital version of the Oxford English Dictionary.[4][5][6]

Education and early life[edit]

Gonnet received his doctorate in computer science from the University of Waterloo in 1977. His thesis was entitled Interpolation and Interpolation-Hash Searching. His advisor was J. Alan George.[7]

Career and research[edit]

In 1980 Gonnet co-founded the Symbolic Computation Group at the University of Waterloo.[3] The work of SCG on a general-purpose computer algebra system later formed the core of the Maple system. In 1988, Gonnet co-founded (with Keith Geddes) the private company Waterloo Maple Inc., to sell Maple commercially.[3] In the mid-1990s the company ran into trouble and a disagreement between his colleagues caused him to withdraw from chairing of the board and managerial involvement.

In 1984 Gonnet co-founded the New Oxford English Dictionary project at the University of Waterloo, which sought to create a searchable electronic version of the Oxford English Dictionary. The project was selected by the Oxford University Press as a partner for the computerisation leading to the publication of the second edition of the OED. The University of Waterloo project's main contributions were in the parsing of the source text to enhance the tagging and on building a full text searching system based on PAT trees (a version of suffix array). This project later culminated in another successful commercial venture, the Open Text Corporation. Gonnet was founder and chairman of the Board of OTC until 1994.

Gonnet is a computer science professor at ETH Zurich in Zurich, Switzerland.[8] In 1991, he began developing the Darwin programming language for biosciences,[9] which would become the basis for OMA,[10] a package and database for gene orthology prediction. He is chief scientist of two Canadian startups: CeeqIT and Porfiau.

Awards and honours[edit]

On June 9, 2011, Gonnet and Keith O. Geddes received the ACM Richard D. Jenks Memorial Prize for Excellence in Software Engineering Applied to Computer Algebra for the Maple Project.

On March 14, 2013, Gonnet was awarded a Dr. Honoris Causa by the Universidad de la República, engineering faculty from Uruguay.[citation needed]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Gaston Gonnet publications indexed by Google Scholar Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Dessimoz, Christophe (2009). Comparative Genomics Using Pairwise Evolutionary Distances. ethz.ch (PhD thesis). ETH Zurich. doi:10.3929/ethz-a-005762050. hdl:20.500.11850/72801. OCLC 935351416. Open access icon
  3. ^ a b c Haigh, Thomas (2005), Gaston Gonnet Oral history interview, 16–18 March, 2005, Zurich, Switzerland, Philadelphia, PA: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
  4. ^ Murphy, Cullen (February 1, 1989), "Caught in the Web of bytes: the electronic Oxford English Dictionary", The Atlantic, archived from the original on June 10, 2014.
  5. ^ Interpolation and Interpolation-Hash Searching
  6. ^ Publications and talks in Research Gate
  7. ^ Gaston Gonnet at the Mathematics Genealogy Project Edit this at Wikidata
  8. ^ Faculty listing, ETHZ, retrieved 2013-02-14.
  9. ^ Gonnet, G. H.; Hallett, M. T.; Korostensky, C.; Bernardin, L. (2000). "Darwin v2.0: an interpreted computer language for the biosciences". Bioinformatics. 16 (2): 101–103. doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/16.2.101. hdl:20.500.11850/422531. PMID 10842729. S2CID 1531041.
  10. ^ "About OMA". Retrieved 2017-11-10.
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