Michel Sintzoff

Michel Sintzoff (12 August 1938 – 28 November 2010)^[1] was a Belgian mathematician and computer scientist.^[2]

Michel Sintzoff
Sintzoff at a symposium at the CWI, Amsterdam, 1991
Born	(1938-08-12)12 August 1938 Brussels, Belgium
Died	28 November 2010(2010-11-28) (aged 72) Belgium
Citizenship	Belgium
Education	Université catholique de Louvain (M.Sc., 1962)
Known for	ALGOL 68 Science of Computer Programming
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics, computer science
Institutions	Manufacture Belge de Lampes et matériel Electrique Research Laboratory Université catholique de Louvain

He was one of the editors of the Revised Report on the Algorithmic Language Algol 68.

He was a member of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) IFIP Working Group 2.1 on Algorithmic Languages and Calculi,^[3] which specified, maintains, and supports the programming languages ALGOL 60 and ALGOL 68.^[4]

He was also a member of IFIP Working Group 2.3 on Programming Methodology, of which he was chairperson from 2003 to 2006.^[5]

In 1981, he founded the journal Science of Computer Programming. Until 1999, he was editor-in-chief.^[2]

In 1993, he was elected a member of the Academia Europaea.^[6]