Robert Lee Constable
| Robert Lee Constable | |
|---|---|
| Citizenship | United States |
| Fields | Computer Science |
| Institutions | Cornell University |
| Alma mater | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| Doctoral advisor | Stephen Kleene |
| Doctoral students |
Steven Muchnick Kurt Mehlhorn Edmund M. Clarke Robert Harper |
| Known for | NuPRL |
Robert "Bob" Lee Constable is a professor of computer science and first and former dean of the department at Cornell University, United States. He is known for his work on connecting computer programs and mathematical proofs, especially the NuPRL system. Constable received his PhD in 1968 under Stephen Kleene and has supervised over 40 students, including Ryan Stansifer, Steven Muchnick, Kurt Mehlhorn, Edmund M. Clarke, and Robert Harper.[1] He is a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery.
Constable has been a director of the Marktoberdorf Summer School.[2]
Selected publications
- R. L. Constable and M. J. O'Donnel. A Programming Logic, Winthrop, Cambridge, 1978.
- R. L. Constable, S. D. Johnson and C. D. Eichenlaub. An Introduction to the PL/CV2 Programming Logic. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science 135, Springer-Verlag, 1982
- PRL Group. Implementing Mathematics with the Nuprl Proof Development System. Prentice-Hall, Engelwood Cliffs, NJ, 1986.
References
- ↑ "Robert Lee Constable". Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- ↑ "Robert L. Constable". Cornell University. 1997. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
External links
- Homepage at Department of Computing and Information Science, Cornell University
- Robert Lee Constable at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
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