Biography:Leonardo de Moura

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Leonardo de Moura
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
InstitutionsAWS, Microsoft Research

Leonardo de Moura is a computer scientist, and creator of the Z3 Theorem Prover[1] and the Lean proof assistant during his time at Microsoft Research.[2] He currently works at AWS and is the Chief Architect at the Lean FRO.[3]

Awards and honors

  • The 2007 CADE Skolem Award for the paper "Efficient E-Matching for SMT Solvers" that has passed the test of time, by being a most influential paper in the field.[4]
  • The 2021 Computer Aided Verification Award for the field-changing contributions regarding his work on Z3.[5]
  • The 2025 CADE Skolem Award for the paper "The Lean Theorem Prover (System Description)" that has passed the test of time, by being a most influential paper in the field.[4]
  • The 2025 ACM SIGPLAN Programming Languages Software Award for his work on Lean.[6]

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