Wojciech Szpankowski Explained

Wojciech Szpankowski
Birth Date:	18 February 1952
Birth Place:	Wapno, Poland
Workplaces:	Purdue University
Alma Mater:	Technical University of Gdańsk
Awards:	Humboldt Research Award^[1] Arden L. Bement Jr. Award ^[2]

Wojciech Szpankowski (born February 18, 1952, in Wapno) is the Saul Rosen Professor of Computer Science at 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 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.

Awards and honors

• Fellow of IEEE^[5]
• The Erskine Fellow
• Flajolet Lecture Prize^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Center News, Center for Science of Information . Soihub.org . June 7, 2018.
2. Web site: Professor Szpankowski honored with Purdue's inaugural 2015 Arden L. Bement Jr. Award - Purdue University . Purdue.edu . 2015-09-24 . 2015-11-13.
3. Web site: Wojciech Szpankowski . cs.purdue.edu . 2015-11-13.
4. Web site: Staff . soihub.org . June 7, 2018.
5. Web site: Purdue University :: Computer Science :: . cs.purdue.edu . 2015-11-13.
6. Web site: Szpankowski Wins Flajolet Prize . 11 February 2020 . 20 March 2021.