Maurice Nivat

Professor

Maurice Nivat

Ph.D.
Professor; Maurice Nivat; Ph.D.
	Nivat in 2006
Born	21 December 1937; Clermont-Ferrand, France
Died	21 September 2017 (aged 79)
Nationality	French
Alma mater	Joseph Fourier University
Known for	Theoretical computer science
Awards	French Academy of Sciences; Legion d'honneur; Ordre national du Mérite; Ordre des Palmes Académiques; EATCS; University of Bologna; University of Quebec at Montreal;
	Scientific career
Fields	Computer science
Institutions	University of Paris
Thesis	Transductions of Chomsky Languages (1967)
Doctoral advisor	Marcel-Paul Schützenberger
Doctoral students	Bruno Courcelle; Philippe Flajolet; Gérard Huet

Maurice Paul Nivat (21 December 1937 – 21 September 2017) was a French computer scientist. His research in computer science spanned the areas of formal languages, programming language semantics, and discrete geometry. A 2006 citation for an honorary doctorate (Ph.D.) called Nivat one of the fathers of theoretical computer science. He was a professor at the University Paris Diderot until 2001.

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