Alain Colmerauer

Name: Alain Colmerauer

Born: January 24, 1941, in Carcassonne, France

Death: May 12, 2017 (Age: 76)

Computer-related contributions

• French computer scientist.
• Created Q-Systems, one of the earliest linguistic formalisms used in developing the TAUM-METEO machine translation prototype.
• Creator of the logic programming language Prolog.
• One of the main founders of the field of Constraint logic programming.

Significant publications

• Constraint Logic Programming: Selected Research (2008).
• Foundations of Prolog II.

Honors and awards

• ACP Research Excellence Award (1991).
• Fellow of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence (1991).
• Made Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur by the French government (1986).
• Michel Monpetit Award (1985).
• Conseil Regional of Provence, Alpes, and Côte d'Azur Award (1984).
• Apple France Award for the Prolog II implementation (1982).