Diane Souvaine

Who is Diane Souvaine?

Diane L. Souvaine is a professor of computer science and mathematics at Tufts University, chair of the computer science department, and was newly appointed as the university's vice provost of research. In 2008 she was nominated for a six-year term to the National Science Board, a 24-member body that governs the National Science Foundation and advises the United States government about science policy. She also serves on the board of advisors of the Computer Science Department at the University of Vermont.

After undergraduate and masters studies at Radcliffe College of Harvard University and at Dartmouth College, Souvaine earned her Ph.D. in 1986 from Princeton University under the supervision of David P. Dobkin. She held a faculty position at Rutgers University from 1986 to 1998, and from 1992 to 1994 served as acting director of DIMACS. From 1995 to 1996 she took a visiting position in mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, and in 1998 she took a permanent position at Tufts University. She was chair from 2002 to 2005 and was reappointed as chair in 2006. In 2008 she won Tufts' Lillian and Joseph Leibner Award for Excellence in Teaching and Advising of Students.