John Backus

About

John Backus is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Hardware and Architecture. According to data from OpenAlex, John Backus has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 7 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 4 papers in Hardware and Architecture. Recurrent topics in John Backus’s work include Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms (6 papers), Logic, programming, and type systems (5 papers) and Algorithms and Data Compression (4 papers). John Backus is often cited by papers focused on Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms (6 papers), Logic, programming, and type systems (5 papers) and Algorithms and Data Compression (4 papers). John Backus collaborates with scholars based in United States. John Backus's co-authors include J. H. Wegstein, K. Samelson, A. van Wijngaarden, John McCarthy and Friedrich L. Bauer and has published in prestigious journals such as Communications of the ACM, Journal of the ACM and Numerische Mathematik.

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Backus

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EngineeringComputer SciencePhysics and AstronomyMathematicsEarth and Planetary SciencesEnergyEnvironmental ScienceMaterials ScienceChemical EngineeringChemistryAgricultural and Biological SciencesVeterinaryDecision SciencesArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and AccountingSocial SciencesPsychologyEconomics, Econometrics and FinanceHealth ProfessionsDentistryMedicineBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyNeuroscienceNursingImmunology and MicrobiologyPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics

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