Wojciech Szpankowski

Short description: Polish computer scientist

Wojciech Szpankowski

Wojciech Szpankowski in 2017

Born|  (1952-02-18) February 18, 1952 (age 74)

Wapno, Poland

Alma mater| Technical University of Gdańsk
Awards| Humboldt Research Award[1]
Arden L. Bement Jr. Award [2]
Scientific career
Fields| Information Theory
Analysis of algorithms
Institutions| Purdue University
Website| www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/spa/

Wojciech Szpankowski (born February 18, 1952 in Wapno) is the Saul Rosen Professor of Computer Science at Purdue University.[3] He is known for his work in analytic combinatorics, analysis of algorithms and analytic information theory. He is the director of the NSF Science and Technology Center for Science of Information.[4]

## Biography

Szpankowski received his MS and PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Technical University of Gdańsk in 1970 and 1980 respectively.[5]

## Awards and honors

* Fellow of IEEE[6]
* The Erskine Fellow
* Flajolet Lecture Prize[7]

## References

1. ↑ "Center News, Center for Science of Information". Soihub.org. https://www.soihub.org/news-and-events/center-news/csoi-director-wojciech-szpankowski-recognized-as-humboldt-research-award-recipient/. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
2. ↑ "Professor Szpankowski honored with Purdue's inaugural 2015 Arden L. Bement Jr. Award - Purdue University". Purdue.edu. 2015-09-24. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2015/Q3/professor-szpankowski-honored-with-purdues-inaugural-2015-arden-l.-bement-jr.-award.html. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
3. ↑ "Wojciech Szpankowski". cs.purdue.edu. https://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/spa/. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
4. ↑ "Staff". soihub.org. https://www.soihub.org/about/participants/staff/. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
5. ↑ Wojciech Szpankowski at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
6. ↑ "Purdue University :: Computer Science ::". cs.purdue.edu. https://www.cs.purdue.edu/people/faculty/spa/. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
7. ↑ "Szpankowski Wins Flajolet Prize". 11 February 2020. https://www.cs.purdue.edu/news/articles/2020/flajolet_prize.html.

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