Tony Hoare
Emeritus Researcher
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And the Winners Are …
| Tony Hoare, Butler Lampson, and Jim Gray
Over the years, Microsoft Research has attracted experienced researchers at the top of their fields, as well as fresh new talent that achieves significant results right out of the gate. And the research community has rewarded many of them with…
Awards | Microsoft Stories
A Classical Mind: Microsoft Researcher Receives Kyoto Prize
It’s been 50 years since Sir Anthony Hoare studied Latin and Greek as a schoolboy, but he still remembers the difficulty of mastering each tongue’s complicated grammar rules. As hard as he tried, he couldn’t avoid silly flubs — ones…
Awards | Microsoft Stories
Microsoft Research Professor Wins International Acclaim for Pioneering Work in Software Science
Professor Tony Hoare, a member of Microsoft Research’s lab in Cambridge UK, has been awarded this year’s Kyoto Prize by Japan’s Inamori Foundation for his pioneering and fundamental work in software science. One of the world’s most prestigious awards, Kyoto…