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Born | Leslie Gabriel Valiant 28 March 1949 |
Nationality | British |
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Fields | Mathematics Theoretical computer science Computational learning theory Theoretical neuroscience |
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Thesis | Decision Procedures for Families of Deterministic Pushdown Automata (1974) |
Doctoral advisor | Mike Paterson[1] |
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Leslie Gabriel Valiant FRS[4][5] (born 28 March 1949) is a British American[6] computer scientist and computational theorist.[7][8] He was born to a chemical engineer father and a translator mother.[9] He is currently the T. Jefferson Coolidge Professor of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics at Harvard University.[10][11][12][13] Valiant was awarded the Turing Award in 2010, having been described by the A.C.M. as a heroic figure in theoretical computer science and a role model for his courage and creativity in addressing some of the deepest unsolved problems in science; in particular for his "striking combination of depth and breadth".[6]
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