Robert Tarjan

Computer Scientist

1948 –

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Who is Robert Tarjan?

Robert Endre Tarjan is an American mathematician. He is the discoverer of several graph algorithms, including Tarjan's off-line least common ancestors algorithm, and co-inventor of both splay trees and Fibonacci heaps. Tarjan is currently the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Computer Science at Princeton University, and is also a Senior Fellow at Hewlett-Packard.

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Born
Apr 30, 1948
Pomona
Also known as
  • Robert E. Tarjan
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • PhD, Stanford University
    Computer Science; Mathematics
    ( - 1972)
  • Master's Degree, Stanford University
    Computer Science
    ( - 1971)
  • Bachelor's degree, California Institute of Technology
    Mathematics
    ( - 1969)
Employment
  • Hewlett-Packard
    (2002 - )
  • Compaq
    (2002 - )
  • InterTrust Technologies
    (1997 - 2001)
  • James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Computer Science, Princeton University
  • Princeton University
    (1985 - )
  • Stanford University
    (1981 - 1985)
  • AT&T Labs
    (1980 - 1989)
  • University of California, Berkeley
    (1973 - 1975)
  • Cornell University
    (1972 - 1973)
  • Visiting Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lived in
  • Princeton
    (1985 - )

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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