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Richard Lipton

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Richard Lipton · Technology & Engineering

What

Complexity theorist; Knuth Prize laureate (2014)

When

1946, USA

Where

United States (Atlanta, Georgia)

Prizes and awards
Biography

Richard Lipton is recognized among Jewish contributors to Technology & Engineering — Complexity theorist; Knuth Prize laureate (2014)

How & why

Lipton, from a Jewish family, is a theoretical computer scientist at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He made wide-ranging contributions to computational complexity (including the Karp–Lipton theorem), cryptography, program testing and DNA computing, and is known for a broad, inventive style across the field. His sustained achievements were recognized with the Knuth Prize in 2014.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the Knuth Prize

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Complexity theorist; Knuth Prize laureate (2014)

2014

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the Knuth Prize