Gaston H. Gonnet is a Uruguayan computer scientist and entrepreneur. He is best known for his contributions to the Maple computer algebra system and the creation of an electronic version of the Oxford English Dictionary.
Gonnet received his doctorate in computer science from the University of Waterloo in 1977. His thesis was entitled Interpolation and Interpolation Hash Searching. His advisor was J. Alan George.
In 1980 Gonnet co-founded the Symbolic Computation Group at the University of Waterloo. The work of SCG on a general-purpose computer algebra system later formed the core of the Maple system. In 1988, Gonnet co-founded (with Keith Geddes) the private company Waterloo Maple Inc., to sell Maple commercially. In the mid 90's the company ran into trouble and a disagreement between his collegues caused him to withdrawl from manegerial involvement.
In 1984 Gonnet co-founded the New Oxford English Dictionary project at UW, which sought to create a searchable electronic version of the OED. This project later culminated in another successful commercial venture, the Open Text Corporation.
Gonnet is presently a professor at ETH Zurich in Zurich, Switzerland.
   | Personal page at ETH Zurich - Gaston H. Gonnet personal pages |
| | Interview with Gaston Gonnet - The History of Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing |
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