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Richard J. Lipton

American computer scientist (born 1946)

Richard Jay Lipton (born September 6, 1946) is an American computer scientist who is Associate Dean of Research, Professor, and the Frederick G. Storey Chair in Computing in the College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He has worked in computer science theory, cryptography, and DNA computing.2

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Born Sep 6, 1946.1

Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedCarnegie Mellon University3

Career

Occupation: computer scientist, mathematician, university teacher.6

  • Date not recordedWorked at Georgia Tech4
  • Date not recordedFounded Damballa5

In 1968, Lipton received his undergraduate degree in mathematics from Case Western Reserve University. In 1973, he received his Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University; his dissertation, supervised by David Parnas, is entitled On Synchronization Primitive Systems. After graduating, Lipton taught at Yale 1973–1978, at Berkeley 1978–1980, and then at Princeton 1980–2000. Since 2000, Lipton has been at Georgia Tech. While at Princeton, Lipton worked in the field of DNA computing. Since 1996, Lipton has been the chief consulting scientist at Telcordia. In 1999, Lipton was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering for the application of computer science theory to practice.

From Wikipedia’s article on Richard J. Lipton (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Personal life

  • CitizenshipUnited States7
  • ResidenceAtlanta8

Awards

  • 2014Knuth Prize9
  • 1997ACM Fellow9 10
  • Date not recordedGuggenheim Fellowship9

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