Seymour Ginsburg

Seymour Ginsburg
Born(1927-12-12)December 12, 1927
DiedDecember 5, 2004(2004-12-05) (aged 76)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Michigan (Ph.D.)
City College of New York
Known forFormal Language Theory,
Abstract Families of Languages,
Database theory,
Object Histories
SpouseEleanor Rene Shore
ChildrenDavid Ginsburg, Diane Ginsburg
Scientific career
FieldsComputer Science
InstitutionsUniversity of Southern California
University of Miami
ThesisOrder Types And Similarity Transformations (1953)
Doctoral advisorBen Dushnik

Seymour Ginsburg (December 12, 1927 – December 5, 2004) was an American pioneer of automata theory, formal language theory, and database theory, in particular; and computer science, in general. His work was influential in distinguishing theoretical Computer Science from the disciplines of Mathematics and Electrical Engineering.

During his career, Ginsburg published over 100 papers and three books on various topics in theoretical Computer Science.