Ralph-Johan Back
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Ralph-Johan Back is a Finnish computer scientist.[1]
Back originated the refinement calculus, an important approach to the formal development of programs using stepwise refinement, in his 1978 PhD thesis at the University of Helsinki, On the Correctness of Refinement Steps in Program Development. He has undertaken much subsequent research in this area. He has held positions at CWI Amsterdam, the Academy of Finland and the University of Tampere.
Since 1983, he has been Professor of Computer Science at the Åbo Akademi University in Turku. For 2002–2007, he was an Academy Professor at the Academy of Finland. He is Director of CREST (Center for Reliable Software Technology) at Åbo Akademi.
Back is a member of Academia Europaea.[1]
His wife, Barbro Back, is Professor of Information Systems, also at Åbo Akademi University, and he has three children.[citation needed]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Ralph-Johan Back". Academia Europaea. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
External links[]
- Ralph-Johan Back home page
- Curriculum Vitae
- Ralph-Johan Back at DBLP Bibliography Server
- Living people
- University of Helsinki alumni
- University of Tampere faculty
- Åbo Akademi University faculty
- Finnish computer scientists
- Formal methods people
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