Prof Donald Knuth visit to Switzerland to receive an honorary doctorate from ETH Informatik

Playing the organ at the Fraumünster in Zürich

Trying a digital organ at Musikhug

Ceremony of the ETH-tag when the honorary degrees were given

Barbara Liskov receiving the degree from the ETH Rektor, Prof Konrad Osterwalder

Donald Knuth receiving the degree from the ETH Rektor, Prof Konrad Osterwalder

Prof Barbara Liskov thanking the ETH in the name of the 3 honorary degrees

Visit to Fourmi-lab, Rue du Montilier 16, Lignieres, Neuchatel, Sunday November 20, 2005

Synchronizing cell phones near the Florhof, Zürich, 9:09

Don Knuth, Bertrand Meyer and John Walker, 11:32

11:32

Various group pictures, here from left to right Don Knuth, Jill Knuth, Gaston Gonnet, Betrand Meyer, Anne Meyer, John Walker, Heidi Gander and Marta Gonnet (Walter Gander taking the picture)

A fabulous rare and old book fully illustrated owned by John Walker

Lunch at the Beau-rivage hotel in Neuchatel, Nathan and Barbara Liskov, Gaston and Marta Gonnet

Visit to the Jaquet-Droz androids in the Neuchatel museum, Sunday November 20, 2005

The Draftsman, Musician and Writer

14:59

The program of the draftsman

15:29

15:29

The Writer

The program (wheel in the lower part) and driver (shown by the demonstrator) of the Writer

The musician

Jill Knuth having a close look at the draftsman

Bern, in front of the Zytglogge, Heidi Gander, Walter Gander and Donald Knuth, 10:26

Barbara Liskov at the end of her talk in Audi Max, ETH, 18:31

Departamental dinner at the Zimmerleuten Zunfthaus in honour of Profs Barbara Liskov and Donald Knuth, Monday November 21, 2005

Don Knuth and Niklaus Wirth, 20:35

from left, Gaston and Marta Gonnet, from right, Diana and Klaus Wirth, Don Knuth and Bertrand Meyer, 20:36

Gusti Zehnder and Bertrand Meyer giving an after-dinner speech, 21:32

Klaus Wirth giving an after-dinner speech about computer science's early times at Stanford, 21:42

Don's after dinner speech (with a prominent Einstein exhibition brochure and entrance ticket), 21:45

Meeting with members of the CBRG group in the top floor of CAB

Don Knuth and Manuel Gil, 15:08

15:08

Joerg Stelling, Christophe Dessimoz and Daniel Margadant, 15:09

Prof Jeffrey Lawrence (visiting from the Department of Biological Science, University of Pittsburgh) and Gaston Gonnet, 15:09

A group picture out in the cold, Daniel Margadant, Don Knuth, Gaston Gonnet, Alexander Roth, Manuel Gil, Gina Cannarozzi, Walter Gander and Crhistophe Dessimoz, 15:40

Exchanging Pedro Gonnet for Christophe Dessimoz, 15:40

Gina, Alexander, Daniel, Manuel, Christophe and Prof Jeffrey Lawrence, 15:41

Colloquium talk at the University of Zuerich, Tuesday November 22nd, Irchel Campus

Lecture Hall G30 at UniZH, Irchel, 17:13

Don Knuth and Gaston Gonnet

Don Knuth starting his talk, 17:21

The end -- 19:21

Pictures from the same events taken by Betrand Meyer

Last updated on Mon Oct 22 10:42:26 CEST 2007 by GhG.