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German computer scientist
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| Born | (1945-11-17) 17 November 1945 (age 80)Bad Hindelang, Allied-occupied Germany |
| Citizenship | German |
| Alma mater | Technische Universität Berlin |
| Known for | History of computer science |
| Awards | Sputnik Medal (issued by the Cosmonautics Federation, 2000, in Moscow)[1] |
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| Fields | Software engineering |
Horst Zuse (born 17 November 1945) is a German computer scientist.
Zuse was born in 1945 as the son of the computer pioneer Konrad Zuse. He first studied electrical engineering at Technische Universität Berlin and later on completed his PhD on software metrics. Zuse worked as a Privatdozent at Technische Universität Berlin and was professor at the Hochschule Lausitz [de] (FH), University of Applied Sciences. Besides software engineering, he has concentrated on the history of computer science.
- A Framework of Software Measurement (Walter de Gruyter, 1997), ISBN 3-11-015587-7
- Software complexity: Measures and methods (Programming complex systems) (Walter de Gruyter, 1991), ISBN 0-89925-640-6
- ^ Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für Informatik, 147. Folge, 2001, Berlin / Heidelberg, Springer, ISSN 0170-6012 (Print) 1432-122X (Online)
- Horst Zuse's website
- The Life and Work of Konrad Zuse by Horst Zuse, an extensive and well-written historical account of Horst Zuse's father's pioneering work