Jan Wielemaker (1960, Koudekerke[1]) is a Dutch computer scientist. He initiated the SWI-Prolog implementation of the Prolog programming language in 1987 while employed at the University of Amsterdam, and he continued its development after moving to the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.[2] Since 2017, he has been associated with the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica.[3] In 2020, he became the Director of SWI-Prolog Solutions b.v. [4]

He is known for being the original author and one of the most extensive contributors to the SWI-Prolog,[5] as well as the SWI-Prolog reference manual.

References

  1. ↑ Wielemaker, J. (2009). Logic programming for knowledge-intensive interactive applications.
  2. ↑ "Dr. Jan Wielemaker - People - Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam".
  3. ↑ JAN WIELEMAKER
  4. ↑ https://www.linkedin.com/in/jan-wielemaker-6a270a1b3/
  5. ↑ "Contributors to SWI-Prolog".


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