KATERYNA YUSHCHENKO

BIRTH AND DEATH

Birth: 12/8/1919     Death: 8/15/2001

OCCUPATION

scientist

BIOGRAPHY SUMMARY

Kateryna Lohvynivna Yushchenko was a Ukrainian computer and information research scientist, corresponding member of USSR Academy of Sciences (1976), and member of The International Academy of Computer Science. She developed one of the world's first high-level languages with indirect address in programming, called the Address programming language. Over the period of her academic career, Yushchenko supervised 47 Ph.D. students. Further professional achievements include Yushchenko being awarded two USSR State Prizes, The USSR Council of Ministers Prize, The Academician Glushkov Prize, and The Order of Princess Olga. Yushchenko was the first woman in the USSR to become a Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences in programming.

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WHY THEY MATTER

Kateryna Yushchenko was intellectually unique and groundbreaking for her pioneering work in computer science and programming. She developed the Address programming language, one of the world's first high-level languages with indirect address in programming. Yushchenko's academic career was marked by exceptional mentorship, having supervised 47 Ph.D. students, and she achieved numerous prestigious awards and recognitions, including being the first woman in the USSR to earn a Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences in programming.

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