David Hemmendinger, associate professor of computer science, is one of
three editors of the fourth edition of the Encyclopedia of Computer Science
(Macmillan Reference, U.K., and Grove's Dictionaries, U.S.), a 2,000-page
volume which includes 623 articles by some 400 authors. Previous editions have
been well received, and it is a standard reference work in the field.
Hemmendinger wrote 16 of the articles – with topics ranging from