DONALD KNUTH: ARMENIA HAS POTENTIAL FOR IT DEVELOPMENT
ARKA News Agency, Armenia
June 13 2006
YEREVAN, June 14. /ARKA/. Armenia has necessary potential for
developing its IT sector, Donald Knuth, Professor Emeritus, Stanford
University, USA, told reporters.
He welcomed the fact that this sector is considered a priority of
economic development by the Armenian Government.
He pointed out the pleasant fact that programming is valued in Armenia
as much as such classical sciences as mathematics and physics.
Professor Knuth added that the title of Honorary Doctor of the
Armenian National Academy of Sciences is a great honor for him as a
representative of a young science.
Professor Knuth is the authors of numerous works. He is on a visit
to Armenia at the invitation of the RA Academy of Sciences, Yerevan
State University and State Engineering University of Armenia.