Ivar Jacobson

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Ivar Jacobson
Born	(1939-09-02) September 2, 1939 (age 84) Ystad, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish, American
Alma mater	Chalmers Institute of Technology in Gothenburg, Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm
Known for	components and component architecture, use-cases and use-case driven development, SDL, a major contributor to UML, Objectory, RUP, aspect-oriented software development, SEMAT, and Essence
Scientific career
Fields	Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering
Institutions	Ericsson, Objective Systems, Rational Software, IBM, Ivar Jacobson International

Ivar Hjalmar Jacobson (born 1939) is a Swedish computer scientist and software engineer, known as a major contributor to UML, Objectory, Rational Unified Process (RUP), aspect-oriented software development, and Essence.