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Hisao Yamada

Life
1930 – 2008
Born
June 8, 1930
Died
May 21, 2008
Nationality
Japan

Hisao Yamada was a Japanese computer scientist, known for his influential contributions to theoretical computer science, as well as for the development of Japanese keyboard layouts, a challenging practical problem. From 1972 to 1991, he was professor of the formal languages division at the Department for Information Science at the University of Tokyo.

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