Alain Colmerauer

Updated: 03/06/2020 by Computer Hope
Alain Colmerauer

Name: Alain Colmerauer

Born: January 24, 1941, in Carcassonne, France

Death: May 12, 2017 (Age: 76)

Computer-related contributions

  • French computer scientist.
  • Created Q-Systems, one of the earliest linguistic formalisms used in developing the TAUM-METEO machine translation prototype.
  • Creator of the logic programming language Prolog.
  • One of the main founders of the field of Constraint logic programming.

Significant publications

  • Constraint Logic Programming: Selected Research (2008).
  • Foundations of Prolog II.

Honors and awards

  • ACP Research Excellence Award (1991).
  • Fellow of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence (1991).
  • Made Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur by the French government (1986).
  • Michel Monpetit Award (1985).
  • Conseil Regional of Provence, Alpes, and Côte d'Azur Award (1984).
  • Apple France Award for the Prolog II implementation (1982).