Academic
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.

