Mads Tofte (born April 20, 1959) is a Danish computer scientist who has contributed in particular to Functional programming and the Standard ML programming language. In April 1999 he was appointed the first managing director of the IT University of Copenhagen. He oversaw the creation of the university from scratch, the hiring of faculty/staff, recruitment of students and the design of the study programs. The first students started 5 months later in September 1999.

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  • Mads Tofte (born April 20, 1959) is a Danish computer scientist who has contributed in particular to Functional programming and the Standard ML programming language. In April 1999 he was appointed the first managing director of the IT University of Copenhagen. He oversaw the creation of the university from scratch, the hiring of faculty/staff, recruitment of students and the design of the study programs. The first students started 5 months later in September 1999. Since 2003 he has been vice chancellor of the IT University of Copenhagen. Tofte was born in Lyngby, Denmark and grew up in Holbæk, Denmark. He studied computer science and mathematics at the University of Copenhagen where he obtained an MSc degree (with supervisor Neil D. Jones) in 1984; then at University of Edinburgh where he obtained a PhD degree in 1988. He is doctor honoris causa 2007 from Kingston University.
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  • Mads Tofte (born April 20, 1959) is a Danish computer scientist who has contributed in particular to Functional programming and the Standard ML programming language. In April 1999 he was appointed the first managing director of the IT University of Copenhagen. He oversaw the creation of the university from scratch, the hiring of faculty/staff, recruitment of students and the design of the study programs. The first students started 5 months later in September 1999.
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