Barbara Liskov

Turing Award–winning computer scientist known for fundamental contributions to programming languages and distributed systems, including data abstraction, the Liskov substitution principle, Argus, and viewstamped replication.

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Apr 27, 2026 • 35min

Turing Award Winner: Data Abstraction, Dijkstra, Distributed Systems | Barbara Liskov

Barbara Liskov, Turing Award–winning computer scientist known for data abstraction and distributed systems. She recalls Princeton rejection and early career turns. She talks about inventing data abstraction and CLU, encapsulation limits in Python, building Argus and viewstamped replication, and contrasts Paxos, Dijkstra’s influence, and why some ideas gain fame.

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