Horst Zuse
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Horst Zuse (born 17 November 1945) is a German computer scientist.
Born17 November 1945
CitizenshipGerman
AlmamaterTechnische Universität Berlin
KnownforHistory of computer science
Horst Zuse | |
|---|---|
| Born | 17 November 1945 |
| Citizenship | German |
| Alma mater | Technische Universität Berlin |
| Known for | History of computer science |
| Awards | Sputnik Medal (issued by the Cosmonautics Federation, 2000, in Moscow)[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Software engineering |
Life
Zuse was born in 1945 as the son of the computer pioneer Konrad Zuse. He first studied electrical engineering at Technische Universität Berlin and later on completed his PhD on software metrics. Zuse worked as a Privatdozent at Technische Universität Berlin and was professor at the Hochschule Lausitz (FH), University of Applied Sciences. Besides software engineering, he has concentrated on the history of computer science.
Books
- A Framework of Software Measurement (Walter de Gruyter, 1997), ISBN 3-11-015587-7
- Software complexity: Measures and methods (Programming complex systems) (Walter de Gruyter, 1991), ISBN 0-89925-640-6