Wojciech Szpankowski

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

Wojciech Szpankowski is the Saul Rosen Professor of Computer Science at the 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 newly established 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

References

1. "Center News, Center for Science of Information". Soihub.org. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
2. "Professor Szpankowski honored with Purdue's inaugural 2015 Arden L. Bement Jr. Award - Purdue University". Purdue.edu. 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
3. "Wojciech Szpankowski". Cs.purdue.edu. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
4. "People, Center for Science of Information". Soihub.org. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
5. Wojciech Szpankowski at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
6. "Purdue University :: Computer Science ::". Cs.purdue.edu. Retrieved 2015-11-13.