Gilles Kahn
French computer scientist
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| Intro | French computer scientist | |
| Places | France | |
| was | Computer scientist Engineer | |
| Work field | Engineering Technology Science | |
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| Birth | 17 April 1946, Paris | |
| Death | 9 February 2006Garches (aged 59 years) |
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Gilles Kahn (April 17, 1946 – February 9, 2006) was a French computer scientist. He notably introduced Kahn process networks as a model for parallel processing and natural semantics for describing the operational semantics of programming languages.
Gilles Kahn studied at the École polytechnique (X1964) and at Stanford. He became a member of the French Academy of Sciences in 1997. He was president and director-general of INRIA from 2004 to 2006.