Ivar Jacobson
Born (1939-09-02) September 2, 1939 (age 79)
Ystad, Sweden
ResidenceSwitzerland
NationalitySwedish
Alma materChalmers Institute of Technology in Gothenburg, Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm
Known forcomponents and component architecture, use-cases and use-case driven development, SDL, a major contributor to UML, Objectory, RUP, aspect-oriented software development, SEMAT, Essence
Scientific career
FieldsElectrical Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering
InstitutionsEricsson, Objective Systems, Rational Software, IBM, Ivar Jacobson International
InfluencesGöran Hemdahl, Dines Bjørner, Grady Booch, James Rumbaugh
InfluencedGrady Booch, James Rumbaugh