Nobuo Yoneda, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Nobuo Yoneda

Japanese computer scientist

Date of Birth: 28-Mar-1930

Date of Death: 22-Apr-1996

Profession: computer scientist, mathematician, university teacher

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Nobuo Yoneda (?? ??, Yoneda Nobuo, March 28, 1930 – April 22, 1996) was a Japanese mathematician and computer scientist.He obtained his Ph.D.
degree from the University of Tokyo in 1952, under the direction of Shokichi Iyanaga.
That same year he was appointed Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics of the University of Tokyo.
In 1962 he was appointed Associate Professor in the Faculty of Science at Gakushuin University, and was promoted in 1966 to the rank of Professor.
He became a professor of Theoretical Foundation of Information Science in 1972.
After retiring from the University of Tokyo in 1990, he moved to Tokyo Denki University. The Yoneda lemma in category theory and the Yoneda product in homological algebra are named after him.
In computer science, he is known for his work on ALGOL dialects.