Bjarne Stroustrup
Professor at Aarhus University
New York, New York, United States
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Bjarne Stroustrup is the designer and original implementer of C++ and a professor at Columbia University, combining decades of foundational programming-language research with practical systems engineering. He is a Draper Prize recipient, member of the National Academy of Engineering, and a fellow of ACM, IEEE and the Computer History Museum, reflecting deep influence across academia and industry. His career spans leadership roles at AT&T Labs and Morgan Stanley, advisory positions in modern cloud- and C++-focused startups, and honorary posts at institutions including Cambridge and Aarhus. Stroustrup’s work uniquely bridges language design, software architecture and high-performance distributed systems, continuing to shape how modern applications are built. Despite a storied academic profile, he remains hands-on, advising companies that translate formal specifications into production cloud systems using modern C++. Based in New York, he blends historical perspective with current technical involvement, mentoring the next generation of language and systems engineers.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Cand. Scient., Mathematics with Computer Science, Cand. Scient., Mathematics with Computer Science at Aarhus UniversityPh D, Computer Science, Ph D, Computer Science at University of Cambridge
English, Danish
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Github Skills (15)
cpp10
header-files3
compiler2
password-generator1
windows1
stateless1
passgen1
macos1
termux1
linux1
generator1
binaries1
android1
nanoid1
golang1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
slavniyteo/upgraded-octo-funicular
Aug 2020 - Aug 2020
Contributions:115 commits in 1 day
isocpp/CppCoreGuidelines
Oct 2015 - Dec 2019
The C++ Core Guidelines are a set of tried-and-true guidelines, rules, and best practices about coding in C++
Contributions:151 commits, 8 PRs, 139 pushes in 4 years 2 months
cppguidelinescpp17rules
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