James Aspnes
James Aspnes | |
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| Alma mater | Carnegie Mellon University |
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| Fields | Computer Science; |
| Institutions | Yale University |
| Thesis | Wait-Free Consensus (1992) |
| Doctoral advisor | Steven Rudich[1] |
James Aspnes is a professor in Computer Science at Yale University. He earned his Ph.D. in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University in 1992.[2] His main research interest is distributed algorithms.
In 1989, he wrote and operated TinyMUD, one of the first "social" MUDs that allowed players to build a shared virtual world.
He is the son of David E. Aspnes, Distinguished University Professor at North Carolina State University.
Awards[]
- The Dylan Hixon '88 Prize for Teaching Excellence in the Natural Sciences. Awarded by Yale College, 2000.
- IBM Graduate Fellowship, 1991–1992.
- NSF Graduate Fellowship, 1987–1990.
- Phi Beta Kappa, 1987.
- Dijkstra Prize, 2020
References[]
- ^ James Aspnes at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ "James Aspnes". ACM SIGACT Theoretical Computer Science genealogy database. Archived from the original on September 8, 2005. Retrieved February 16, 2008.
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