Coenraad Bron

Coenraad Bron
Coenraad Bron
Nationality Dutch
Fields Computer science
Institutions Eindhoven University, Twente University, Groningen University,
Alma mater Utrecht University

Coenraad Bron (Amsterdam August 2, 1937 – Assen August 15, 2006) was a Dutch computer scientist who worked with Edsger W. Dijkstra on Algol-68. Together with Joep Kerbosch he invented the Bron–Kerbosch algorithm for the clique problem.

Bron read Chemistry at Utrecht University. After his graduation he moved to Eindhoven University where he started to work in Dijkstra's group. In 1972 he accepted an assistant professorship in Computing Science at Twente University, becoming a full professor there in 1980.