Professor

Christos Papadimitriou

Columbia University
Computer scientist; Educator
Area
Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Specialty
Computer Sciences
Elected
2001
He is a world leader in theoretical computer science and its application, both inside and outside computer science, to fields such as optimization, databases, Artificial Intelligence and robotics, game and decision theory, and more recently data mining, information retrieval, and the Internet. His books are landmarks in his field.
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