Arto Salomaa

Arto Salomaa
Salomaa in 2005
Born(1934-06-06)6 June 1934
Turku, Finland
Died26 January 2025(2025-01-26) (aged 90)
Kauhajoki, Finland
NationalityFinnish
Alma materTurun Yliopisto
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
Computer science
InstitutionsTurun Yliopisto
Thesis On the Composition of Functions of Several Variables Ranging Over a Finite Set  (1960)
Doctoral advisorKustaa Inkeri
Doctoral studentsNeil D. Jones
Juhani Karhumäki
Jarkko Kari
Lila Kari
Paul Vitanyi

Arto Kustaa Salomaa (6 June 1934 – 26 January 2025) was a Finnish mathematician and computer scientist. His research career, which spanned over 40 years, was focused on formal languages and automata theory.