Gérard Berry

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Gérard Philippe Berry (born 1948) is a French computer scientist, member of the French Académie des Sciences (Academy of Sciences). Berry's work, which spans over more than 30 years, brought important contributions to three main fields:

functional programming
parallel and real-time programming languages
design automation for synchronous digital circuits

Berry is best known as the conceptor of the Esterel programming language and is currently the Chief Scientist Officer of Esterel Technologies.

References

[Short biography and publications] — Esterel Technologies corporate web site
() [Short presentation] — French Academy of Sciences web site:
() [Biography] — Annales des Mines

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