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| Born | Friedrich Ludwig Bauer (1924-06-10)10 June 1924 |
| Died | 26 March 2015(2015-03-26) (aged 90) |
| Education | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität |
| Known for | Stack (data structure) Sequential Formula Translation ALGOL Software engineering Bauer–Fike theorem |
| Children | 5 |
| Awards | Iron Cross 2nd Class, Bundesverdienstkreuz 1st Class, IEEEComputer Pioneer Award (1988) |
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| Fields | Computer science Applied mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Mainz Technical University of Munich |
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| Doctoral advisors | Fritz Bopp,Georg Aumann |
| Doctoral students | Manfred Broy,David Gries,Josef Stoer,Peter Wynn,Christoph Zenger |
Friedrich Ludwig "Fritz"Bauer (10 June 1924 – 26 March 2015) was a German pioneer ofcomputer science and professor at theTechnical University of Munich.
Bauer earned hisAbitur in 1942 and served in theWehrmacht during World War II, from 1943 to 1945. From 1946 to 1950, he studied mathematics andtheoretical physics atLudwig-Maximilians-Universität inMunich. Bauer received hisDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) under the supervision ofFritz Bopp for his thesisGruppentheoretische Untersuchungen zur Theorie der Spinwellengleichungen ("Group-theoretic investigations of the theory of spin wave equations") in 1952. He completed hishabilitation thesisÜber quadratisch konvergente Iterationsverfahren zur Lösung von algebraischen Gleichungen und Eigenwertproblemen ("On quadratically convergent iteration methods for solving algebraic equations and eigenvalue problems") in 1954 at theTechnical University of Munich. After teaching as aprivatdozent at theLudwig Maximilian University of Munich from 1954 to 1958, he became extraordinary professor for applied mathematics at theUniversity of Mainz. Since 1963, he worked as a professor of mathematics and (since 1972) computer science at the Technical University of Munich. He retired in 1989.[1]
Bauer's early work involved constructing computing machinery (e.g. the logical relay computer STANISLAUS from 1951–1955[2]). In this context, he was the first to propose the widely usedstack method of expression evaluation.
Bauer was a member of the committees that developed theimperative computerprogramming languagesALGOL 58,[3] and its successorALGOL 60,[4] important predecessors to all modern imperative programming languages. For ALGOL 58, Bauer was with the GermanGesellschaft für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik (GAMM, Society of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics) which worked with the AmericanAssociation for Computing Machinery (ACM).[3] For ALGOL 60, Bauer was with theInternational Federation for Information Processing (IFIP)IFIP Working Group 2.1 on Algorithmic Languages and Calculi,[4] whichspecified, maintains, and supports the languages ALGOL 60 andALGOL 68.[5]
Bauer was an influential figure in establishingcomputer science as an independent subject in German universities, which until then was usually considered part ofmathematics. In 1967, he held the first lecture in computer science at a German university at theTechnical University of Munich, titledInformation Processing. By 1972, computer science had become an independent academic discipline at the TUM. In 1992, it was separated from theDepartment of Mathematics to form an independentDepartment of Informatics, though Bauer had retired from his chair in 1989.[6]
In October 11, 1968, he coined the termsoftware engineering in a lecture of that title given at the NATO Science Committee meeting in Garmisch, Germany, which has been in widespread use since, and has become a discipline in computer science.[7]
His scientific contributions spread fromnumerical analysis (Bauer–Fike theorem) and fundamentals of interpretation and translation of programming languages, to his later works on systematics of program development, especiallyprogram transformation methods and systems (CIP-S) and the associatedwide-spectrum language system CIP-L. He also wrote a well-respected book oncryptology,Decrypted secrets, now in its fourth edition.
He was thedoctoral advisor of 39 students, includingRudolf Berghammer,Manfred Broy,David Gries, Manfred Paul, Gerhard Seegmüller,Josef Stoer,Peter Wynn, andChristoph Zenger.
Friedrich Bauer was one of the 19 founding members of theGerman Informatics Society.[8] He was editor of theInformatik Spektrum from its founding in 1978, and held that position until his death.[9]
Friedrich Bauer was married to Hildegard Bauer-Vogg. He was the father of three sons and two daughters.
Bauer was a colleague of the German Representative the NATO Science Committee. In 1967, NATO had been discussing 'The Software Crisis' and Bauer had suggested the term 'Software Engineering' as a way to conceive of both the problem and the solution.[10]
In 1972, Bauer published the following definition of software engineering:
"Establishment and use of sound engineering principles to economically obtain software that is reliable and works on real machines efficiently."[11]
Since 1992, theTechnical University of Munich has awarded theFriedrich L. Bauer Prize [de] in computer science.
In 2014, the Technical University of Munich renamed their largestlecture hall in theDepartment of Informatics building after him.
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