
Academic
Hal Abelson
American mathematician
- Life
- 1947 – present
- Born
- April 29, 1947
- Nationality
- United States
Harold Abelson is an American mathematician and computer scientist. He is a professor of computer science and engineering in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a founding director of both Creative Commons and the Free Software Foundation, creator of the MIT App Inventor platform, and co-author of the widely-used textbook Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP), sometimes also refer


