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Gilles Kahn
KindPerson
Born1946
Died2006
StatusDead
Fieldtheory
Sourceen.wikipedia.org ↗

Defined Kahn process networks (1974) — deterministic concurrency through channels — the model behind dataflow systems.

Gilles Kahn — defined the semantics of parallel computation (Kahn process networks, 1974) and later ran INRIA.\n\nThe KPN model is the theoretical basis for streaming and dataflow systems.

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  1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_Kahn