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Yiannis N. Moschovakis
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Yiannis N. Moschovakis

American logician (born 1938)

Yiannis Nicolas Moschovakis (Greek: Γιάννης Μοσχοβάκης; born January 18, 1938) is a set theorist, descriptive set theorist, and recursion (computability) theorist, at UCLA.2

From Wikipedia’s article on Yiannis N. Moschovakis (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Jan 18, 1938.1

About

His book Descriptive Set Theory (North-Holland) is the primary reference for the subject. He is especially associated with the development of the effective, or lightface, version of descriptive set theory, and he is known for the Moschovakis coding lemma that is named after him.

From Wikipedia’s article on Yiannis N. Moschovakis, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

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Early life and education

  • 1960Massachusetts Institute of Technology Bachelor of Science, Master of Science3 4
  • 1963University of Wisconsin–Madison Doctor of Philosophy3 4

Career

Occupation: university teacher, computer scientist, logician, mathematician.8

  • 1996 to 2005Worked at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens5
  • Since 1996Professor emeritus6
  • 1992 to 1995Chair, Association for Symbolic Logic7
  • 1964 to 2010Worked at University of California, Los Angeles5
  • Since 1964Professor emeritus6

Personal life

  • BornJan 18, 1938, Athens9
  • CitizenshipGreece, United States10
  • ResidenceUnited States11 12
  • SpouseJoan Moschovakis13

Awards

  • 2016Fellow of the American Mathematical Society14 15
  • 2014Commander of the Order of the Phoenix14
  • 1968Guggenheim Fellowship14

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