Daniel Hillis
Born
William Daniel Hillis

(1956-09-25) September 25, 1956 (age 62)
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology
AwardsDan David Prize (2002)
Grace Murray Hopper Award (1989)
Scientific career
FieldsComputer Science
Computer Engineering
InstitutionsThinking Machines
Walt Disney Imagineering
Applied Invention
Doctoral advisorMarvin Minsky
Gerald Jay Sussman
Claude Shannon