eiiti, wada, 和田英一, june, 1931, computer, scientist, emeritus, professor, university, tokyo, research, director, internet, initiative, japan, computer, network, technology, company, creators, happy, hacking, keyboard, 和田英一born, 1931, june, 1931, japancitizenshi. Eiiti Wada 和田英一 1 June 1931 1 is a computer scientist and emeritus professor at the University of Tokyo 2 and the Research Director of Internet Initiative Japan IIJ a computer network technology company 3 He is one of the creators of the Happy Hacking Keyboard Eiiti Wada和田英一Born 1931 06 01 1 June 1931 age 92 JapanCitizenshipJapanEducationUniversity of Tokyo 1955Known forALGOL NJapanese Industrial Standards JIS X 0208 0212Happy Hacking KeyboardScientific careerInstitutionsUniversity of TokyoMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyInternet Initiative JapanAcademic advisorsTakahasi HidetosiNotable studentsTanaka He was involved with developing international standards in programming and informatics 1 In 1968 the International Federation for Information Processing IFIP IFIP Working Group 2 1 on Algorithmic Languages and Calculi WG2 1 solicited a new version of the programming language ALGOL to succeed ALGOL 60 Iwamura Kakehi Simauti Wada and Nobuo Yoneda were members of the design team of a Japanese candidate language named ALGOL N but it was not chosen for what became ALGOL 68 1 In 1972 he became a member of IFIP WG2 1 1 4 which specified maintains and supports ALGOL 60 and 68 5 He was a member of the International Organization for Standardization ISO and chairperson of its National Member Body of ISO TC97 now JTC1 SC2 There he contributed much especially for character encoding set standards Later he helped create the related Japanese Industrial Standards JIS X 0208 0212 1 As of 2020 update he works on computer graphics for the Internet Initiative Japan IIJ Innovation Institute 3 References edit a b c d e Japanese Computer Pioneers Eiiti Wada IPSI Computer Museum Information Processing Society of Japan 2003 08 29 Retrieved 2020 01 01 Wada Eiiti 2014 01 08 Dr Eiiti Wada WIDE Project Retrieved 2020 01 01 a b Wada Eiiti Eiiti WADA IIJ Innovation Institute Internet Initiative Japan Retrieved 2020 01 01 Jeuring Johan Meertens Lambert Guttmann Walter 2016 08 17 Profile of IFIP Working Group 2 1 Foswiki Retrieved 2020 10 01 Swierstra Doaitse Gibbons Jeremy Meertens Lambert 2011 03 02 ScopeEtc IFIP21 Foswiki Foswiki Retrieved 2020 10 01 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Eiiti Wada amp oldid 990736291, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,