. "French computer scientist" . . "1937-12-21Z"^^ . . . . . "Maurice Nivat"@en . "1937Z"^^ . "Maurice Paul Nivat (born 21 December 1937) is a French computer scientist. His research spans the areas of formal languages, programming language semantics and discrete geometry. A 2006 citation for an honorary doctorate called Nivat one of the fathers of theoretical computer science. He was a Professor at the University Paris Diderot until 2001."@en . "Nivat, Maurice"@en . .