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Barbara Liskov

Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q185667&amp;oldid=2520137694" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Turing Award · dated 2008
Notable work: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q180634&amp;oldid=2553651453" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">distributed computing
Employer: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q49108&amp;oldid=2564983405" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Education: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q41506&amp;oldid=2564887095" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Stanford University · to 1968
Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q727274&amp;oldid=2526869992" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">IEEE John von Neumann Medal · dated 2004
Education: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q168756&amp;oldid=2557483561" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">University of California, Berkeley

Wikidata describes Barbara Liskov as American computer scientist.

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