Stephen Cook
American-Canadian computer scientist · United States · On the map · Academics · Born 1939 · age 86
Stephen Arthur Cook is an American-Canadian computer scientist and mathematician who has made significant contributions to the fields of complexity theory and proof complexity. He is a university professor emeritus at the University of Toronto, Department of Computer Science and Department of Mathematics.
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2015BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge AwardAwardOfficer of the Order of CanadaAward2013Order of OntarioAward2012Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and EngineeringAward2008ACM FellowAward2006John L. Synge AwardAward1999CRM-Fields-PIMS prizeAwardGödel LecturerAward1982Turing AwardAward1939Born14 December 1939
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Arthur B. McDonaldBoth received Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering
Dana ScottBoth received Gödel Lecturer
John PolanyiBoth received Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering
Harold Scott MacDonald CoxeterBoth received CRM-Fields-PIMS prize
Henri DarmonBoth received John L. Synge Award
Geoffrey HintonBoth received Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering