Maurice Nivat, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Maurice Nivat

French computer scientist

Date of Birth: 21-Dec-1937

Place of Birth: Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Date of Death: 21-Sep-2017

Profession: engineer, computer scientist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Maurice Paul Nivat (21 December 1937 – 21 September 2017) was a French computer scientist.
His research spanned the areas of formal languages, programming language semantics, and discrete geometry.
A 2006 citation for an honorary doctorate called Nivat one of the fathers of theoretical computer science.
He was a Professor at the University Paris Diderot until 2001.