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Robert Tarjan

Robert Endre Tarjan

American computer scientist.

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Sex or Gender

Male

Occupation

Mathematician
Computer Scientist
University Teacher

Date of Birth

4/30/1948

Country of Citizenship

United States

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Educated At

California Institute of Technology
Stanford University

Instance Of

Human

Place of Birth

Pomona

Award Received

Guggenheim Fellowship
(1978)
Point in Time
: 1978
Turing Award
(1986)
Together With
:
John Edward Hopcroft
Award Rationale
: For fundamental achievements in the design and analysis of algorithms and data structures.
Point in Time
: 1986
IMU Abacus Medal
(1982)
Point in Time
: 1982
Paris Kanellakis Award
(1999)
Award Rationale
: For their invention of the widely-used Splay Tree data structure.
Point in Time
: 1999
O'Reilly Open Source Award
(1982)
Point in Time
: 1982
ACM Fellow
(1994)
Award Rationale
: For fundamental achievements in the design and analysis of algorithms and data structures.
Point in Time
: 1994
Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
(2009)
Award Rationale
: For the design and analysis of algorithms.
Subject Named As
:Robert E. Tarjan
Point in Time
: 2009
Frederick W. Lanchester Prize
(1984)
Point in Time
: 1984
William O. Baker Award for Initiatives in Research
(1984)
Award Rationale
: For his leadership in the subtle design of the most efficient algorithms known for many fundamental problems related to graphs and other combinatorial structures.
Point in Time
: 1984

Employer

Princeton University
(1985 - )
Start Time
: 1985
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(1996 - 1996)
Start Time
: 1996
End Time
: 1996
New York University
(1981 - 1985)
Start Time
: 1981
End Time
: 1985
Cornell University
(1972 - 1973)
Start Time
: 1972
End Time
: 1973
University of California, Berkeley
(1973 - 1975)
Start Time
: 1973
End Time
: 1975
Stanford University
(1974 - 1980)
Start Time
: 1974
End Time
: 1980
Bell Labs
(1980 - 1989)
Start Time
: 1980
End Time
: 1989
Hewlett-Packard
(2002 - )
Start Time
: 2002

Given Name

Robert
Series Ordinal
:1
Endre
Series Ordinal
:2

Member Of

National Academy of Sciences
American Philosophical Society
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
National Academy of Engineering
Association for Computing Machinery
(1994 - )
Subject Has Role
:
ACM Fellow
Start Time
: 1994
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
(2009 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Start Time
: 2009

Field of Work

Informatics
Combinatorics

Name in Native Language

Robert Endre Tarjan

Residence

Princeton
(1985 - )
Start Time
: 1985

Influenced By

Family Name

Doctoral Advisor

Robert W. Floyd
(1972)
Educated At
:
Stanford University
Point in Time
: 1972

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