Background
Kahan, William M. was born on June 5, 1933 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Son of Myer and Gertrude (Rosenthal) Kahan.
consultant mathematics professor
Kahan, William M. was born on June 5, 1933 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Son of Myer and Gertrude (Rosenthal) Kahan.
Bachelor in Mathematics, University Toronto, 1954. Master of Arts in Mathematics, University Toronto, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics, University Toronto, 1958.
Doctor of Engineering (honorary), Chalmers Technology University, Sweden, 1993. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Waterloo, Canada, 1998.
Lecturer University Toronto, Canada, 1954-1958, from assistant professor to professor Canada, 1960-1968. Postdoctoral research student mathematics laboratory Cambridge University, England, 1958-1960. Professor mathematics and computer science University California, Berkeley, professor emeritus mathematics and electrical engineering & computer science.
Visiting professor Stanford University, 1966. Consultant International Business Machines Corporation, New York City and Austin, Texas, 1967-1984, calculator division Hewlett-Packard, Cupertino, California and Corvallis, Oregon, 1974-1980, Intel, Santa Clara, California, 1977—1990. Consultant.
Fellow: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) (1st General Electric Forsythe Memorial award 1972, A.M. Turing prize 1990). Member: National Academy of Engineering, American Academy Arts. and Science, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society (E. Piore award 2000), Society Industrial and Applied Mathematics (John von Neumann lecturer 1997).
Married Sheila K. Strauss, September 5, 1954. Children: Ari J., Simon H.