Wojciech Szpankowski
Polish computer scientist
Wojciech Szpankowski | |
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![]() Wojciech Szpankowski in 2017 | |
Born | (1952-02-18) February 18, 1952 (age 72) Wapno, Poland |
Alma mater | Technical University of Gdańsk |
Awards | Humboldt Research Award[1] Arden L. Bement Jr. Award [2] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Information Theory Analysis of algorithms |
Institutions | Purdue University |
Website | www |
Wojciech Szpankowski (born February 18, 1952, in Wapno) is the Saul Rosen Professor of Computer Science at Purdue University.[3] He is known for his work in analytic combinatorics, analysis of algorithms and analytic information theory. He is the director of the NSF Science and Technology Center for Science of Information.[4]
Biography
Szpankowski received his MS and PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Technical University of Gdańsk in 1970 and 1980 respectively.[5]
Awards and honors
- Fellow of IEEE[6]
- The Erskine Fellow
- Flajolet Lecture Prize[7]
References
- ^ "Center News, Center for Science of Information". Soihub.org. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
- ^ "Professor Szpankowski honored with Purdue's inaugural 2015 Arden L. Bement Jr. Award - Purdue University". Purdue.edu. 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
- ^ "Wojciech Szpankowski". cs.purdue.edu. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
- ^ "Staff". soihub.org. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
- ^ Wojciech Szpankowski at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ "Purdue University :: Computer Science ::". cs.purdue.edu. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
- ^ "Szpankowski Wins Flajolet Prize". 11 February 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2021.