Robert Sedgewick (computer scientist)
American computer scientist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Robert Sedgewick (computer scientist)?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS
For other people named Robert Sedgewick, see Robert Sedgewick (disambiguation).
Robert Sedgewick (born December 20, 1946) is an American computer scientist. He is the founding chair and the William O. Baker Professor in Computer Science at Princeton University[1] and was a member of the board of directors of Adobe Systems (1990–2016).[2] He previously served on the faculty at Brown University and has held visiting research positions at Xerox PARC, Institute for Defense Analyses, and INRIA.[3] His research expertise is in algorithm science, data structures, and analytic combinatorics. He is also active in developing college curriculums in computer science.[4]
This article's tone or style may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on Wikipedia. The reason given is: lots of questionably neutral claims driven by primary sources (January 2023) |
Quick Facts Born, Alma mater ...
Robert Sedgewick | |
---|---|
Born | (1946-12-20) December 20, 1946 (age 77) Willimantic, Connecticut, United States |
Alma mater | Brown University |
Awards | ACM Fellow (1997), Flajolet Prize, Leroy P. Steele Prize, and Karlstrom Award |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Computer science |
Institutions | Princeton University Brown University (1975–85) |
Thesis | Quicksort (1975) |
Doctoral advisor | Donald Knuth |
Close