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Endre Szemerédi

Also Known As: "Bandi", "Töki"
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Birthplace: Budapest, Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
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Son of József Szemrédi and Zsuzsanna Szemrédi
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Occupation: Mathematician
Managed by: Márta Szemrédi
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About Endre Szemerédi, Abel Prize 2012

Endre Szemerédi (Hungarian: [%CB%88%C9%9Bndr%C9%9B ˈsɛmɛreːdi]; born August 21, 1940) is a Hungarian-American mathematician and computer scientist, working in the field of combinatorics and theoretical computer science. He has been the State of New Jersey Professor of computer science at Rutgers University since 1986. He also holds a professor emeritus status at the Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Szemerédi has won prizes in mathematics and science, including the Abel Prize in 2012. He has made a number of discoveries in combinatorics and computer science, including Szemerédi's theorem, the Szemerédi regularity lemma, the Erdős–Szemerédi theorem, the Hajnal–Szemerédi theorem and the Szemerédi–Trotter theorem.

Szemerédi has been the State of New Jersey Professor of computer science at Rutgers University since 1986. He has held visiting positions at Stanford University (1974), McGill University (1980), the University of South Carolina (1981–1983) and the University of Chicago (1985–1986).

Awards:

  • Abel Prize (2012)
  • Széchenyi Prize (2012)
  • Rolf Schock Prizes (2008)
  • Leroy P. Steele Prize (2008)
  • George Pólya Prize (1975)
  • Alfréd Rényi Prize (1973)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences
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1940
August 21, 1940
Budapest, Budapest, Budapest, Hungary