# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/miklos-ajtai
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:24:12.733Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/miklos-ajtai"
name: "Miklós Ajtai"
slug: "miklos-ajtai"
description: "Miklós Ajtai is a computer scientist at the IBM Almaden Research Center, United States. In 2003, he received the Knuth Prize for his numerous contributions to the field, including a classic sorting network algorithm, exponential lower bounds, superlinear time–space tradeoffs for branching programs, and other \"unique and spectacular\" results. He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences."
tagline: "Hungarian computer scientist"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1946-07-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.19
  momentum:             0.1510574018126888
  historical:           9.212096
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Міклош Айтай"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikl%C3%B3s_Ajtai"
    title: "Miklós Ajtai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikl%C3%B3s_Ajtai"
    title: "Miklós Ajtai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikl%C3%B3s_Ajtai_(matematikisto)"
    title: "Miklós Ajtai (matematikisto)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikl%C3%B3s_Ajtai"
    title: "Miklós Ajtai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikl%C3%B3s_Ajtai"
    title: "Miklós Ajtai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajtai_Mikl%C3%B3s_(matematikus)"
    title: "Ajtai Miklós (matematikus)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikl%C3%B3s_Ajtai"
    title: "Miklós Ajtai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikl%C3%B3s_Ajtai"
    title: "Miklós Ajtai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikl%C3%B3s_Ajtai"
    title: "Miklós Ajtai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikl%C3%B3s_Ajtai"
    title: "Miklós Ajtai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump