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Robert Tarjan

American computer scientist · United States · On the map · Academics · Born 1948 · age 78

Robert Endre Tarjan is an American computer scientist and mathematician. He is the discoverer of several graph theory algorithms, including his strongly connected components algorithm, and co-inventor of both splay trees and Fibonacci heaps.

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2009Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied MathematicsAward1999Paris Kanellakis AwardAward1994ACM FellowAward1986Turing AwardAward1984Frederick W. Lanchester PrizeAwardWilliam O. Baker Award for Initiatives in ResearchAward1982IMU Abacus MedalAwardO'Reilly Open Source AwardAward1978Guggenheim FellowshipAward1948Born30 April 1948

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Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics2009
Paris Kanellakis Award1999
ACM Fellow1994
Turing Award1986
Frederick W. Lanchester Prize1984
William O. Baker Award for Initiatives in Research1984
IMU Abacus Medal1982
O'Reilly Open Source Award1982
Guggenheim Fellowship1978

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Tarjan joined Princeton University as the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Computer Science in 1985. He and John Hopcroft won the 1986 ACM Turing Award.

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Academics
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Academic
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Born 1948 · age 78

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