Mark Nemenman

Mark Nemenman (Марк Ефимович Неменман, Марк Яўхімавіч Неменман) (6 November 1936, Minsk, Belarus - 20 September 2022, San Mateo, California) was a Soviet computer scientist, notable as a pioneer in systems programming and programming language research. He was one of the main developers of the AKI language (in Russian АКИ - АвтоКод ИНЖЕНЕР - Engineer's Autocode) in 1964, before BASIC became known. He led the development of system software for Minsk-32, the most popular of Minsk family of computers.

He was awarded Lenin Komsomol Prize in 1970, received his Ph.D. in 1975 (scientific advisor - Andrey Ershov), Professor since 1984.

Nemenman authored more than 70 papers and 5 books. He is the father of two sons, one of whom is theoretical physicist Ilya Nemenman.

Books

 * Nemenman, Tsagelsky, Matyushevskaya Autocode for engineering problems solving on Minsk 2 Minsk, 1965
 * Nemenman Programming in AKI Minsk, 1972
 * Kushnerev, Nemenman, Tsagelsky Programming for Computer Minsk-32 Moscow, 1973
 * Belokurskaya, Kushnerev, Nemenman Minsk 32 Dispatcher Moscow, 1973
 * Lopato, Nemenman, Pykhtin, Tikmenov Personal-professional Computers Moscow, 1988
 * Belokurskaya, Emelyanchik, Nemenman Personal Computers ES. Abacus Package Moscow, 19