John Ousterhout: Computer Science Innovations

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Who is John Ousterhout?

John Ousterhout is a computer scientist who is currently a professor at Stanford University.

What awards has John Ousterhout received?

John Ousterhout has received the Grace Murray Hopper Award in 1987 and the IEEE John von Neumann Medal in 1997.

What are two of the projects John Ousterhout is known for?

John Ousterhout is best known for his work on the Tcl scripting language and the Tk platform-independent widget toolkit, as well as the experimental Sprite operating system and the first log-structured file system.

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John Ousterhout is a computer scientist who is currently a professor at Stanford University.
Ousterhout is best known for his work on the Tcl scripting language and the Tk platform-independent widget toolkit.
He also developed the experimental Sprite operating system and the first log-structured file system.
Ousterhout has received several awards for his work, including the Grace Murray Hopper Award in 1987 and the IEEE John von Neumann Medal in 1997.