Rod Downey
Australian mathematician · New Zealand · On the map · Academics · Born 1957 · age 69
Rodney Graham Downey is a New Zealand and Australian mathematician and computer scientist, an emeritus professor in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand.
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2016Shoenfield PrizeAward2014Nerode PrizeAward2013Fellow of the American Mathematical SocietyAward2011Hector MedalAward2007ACM FellowAwardJames Cook Research FellowshipAward1996Fellow of the Royal Society Te ApārangiAward1990Hamilton AwardAward1957Born20 September 1957
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He is known for his work in mathematical logic and computational complexity theory, and in particular for founding the field of parameterised complexity together with Michael Fellows.
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New Zealand
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
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Living
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Born 1957 · age 69
The same award as Rod
Russell ImpagliazzoBoth received Nerode PrizeHinke OsingaBoth received Fellow of the New Zealand Mathematical SocietyWinston PonderBoth received Hamilton Award
Margaret BrimbleBoth received Hamilton Award
Astrid an HuefBoth received Fellow of the New Zealand Mathematical Society
John R. SteelBoth received Shoenfield Prize