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About Department of informatics (IFI)

The Department of Informatics is Norway’s largest research and educational institution in the field of informatics. The department conducts both fundamental methodological research and applies informatics to address major future societal challenges, including health, energy, climate, and security. The department is involved in a number of centres for research-driven innovation and centres of excellence and offers a broad range of educational programmes of high international quality.

Ole-Johan Dahl (1931-2002)

Professor Ole-Johan Dahl was a Norwegian computer scientist and is considered to be the father of Simula and object-oriented programming, together with Kristen Nygaard.

Kristen Nygaard (1926-2002)

Professor Kristen Nygaard was a Norwegian computer scientist and is considered to be the father of Simula and object-oriented programming, together with Ole-Johan Dahl.