1. Arto Kustaa Salomaa was a Finnish mathematician and computer scientist.
13 Facts About Arto Salomaa
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Arto Salomaa earned a Bachelor's degree from the University of Turku in 1954 and a PhD from the same university in 1960.
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Arto Salomaa was introduced to the theory of automata and formal languages during seminars at Berkeley given by John Myhill in 1957.
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In 1965 Arto Salomaa became a professor of mathematics at the University of Turku, a position he retired from in 1999.
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Arto Salomaa spent two years in the late 1960s at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada, and two years in the 1970s at Aarhus University in Aarhus, Denmark.
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Arto Salomaa was president of the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science from 1979 until 1985.
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Arto Salomaa authored or co-authored 46 textbooks, including Theory of Automata, Formal Languages, The Mathematical Theory of L-Systems, Jewels of Formal Language Theory Public-Key Cryptography and DNA Computing.
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Arto Salomaa published over 400 articles in scientific journals during his professional career.
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Arto Salomaa authored non-scientific articles such as "What computer scientists should know about sauna".
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From his retirement until 2014, Arto Salomaa published over 100 scientific articles.
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Arto Salomaa had two children, Kirsti and Kai, the latter of whom is a professor of Computer Science at Queen's University at Kingston and works in the field of formal languages and automata theory.
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Arto Salomaa was awarded the title of Academician by the Academy of Finland, one of twelve living Finnish individuals awarded the title.
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On 13 June 2013, Arto Salomaa was awarded a Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Western Ontario.