Richard Fateman
| Richard J. Fateman | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 4, 1946 |
| Nationality | United States |
| Education | Applied Mathematics (Ph.D.) |
| Alma mater |
Union College Harvard University |
| Occupation | Computer scientist |
| Employer | University of California, Berkeley |
| Known for | Macsyma, Franz Lisp |
| Children | Johanna Fateman |
Richard J. Fateman (born November 4, 1946)[1] is a professor emeritus of computer science at the University of California, Berkeley.
He received a BS in Physics and Mathematics from Union College in 1966, and a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Harvard University in 1971. He was a major contributor to the Macsyma computer algebra system at MIT and later to the Franz Lisp system. His current interests include scientific programming environments; computer algebra systems; distributed computing; analysis of algorithms; programming and measurement of large systems; design and implementation of programming languages; and optical character recognition. In 1999 he was inducted as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery.
Richard Fateman is the father of musician Johanna Fateman.