1998 - 1999 CS Annual Report                                                                  Faculty
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Juris Hartmanis

Walter R. Read Professor of Engineering
Turing Award Winner
jh@cs.cornell.edu

PhD Cal Tech, 1955

The strategic goal of my research is to contribute to the development of a comprehensive theory of computational
complexity. Computational complexity, the study of the quantitative laws that govern computation, is an  essential part of the science base needed to guide, harness, and
exploit the explosively growing computer technology. 

My current research interests are focused on two related areas: understanding the computational complexity of chaotic systems and the study of the computational
complexity of scientific theories.

Professional Activities

  • National Academy of Engineering

  • Foreign Member: Latvian Academy of Sciences

  • Fellow: American Academy of Arts and Sciences; New York State Academy of Sciences; AAAS

  • Turing Award Committee

  • Goedel Prize Committee; Waterman Award Committee 
  • Editor: Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Journal of Computer and Systems Sciences; Fundamenta Informaticae  
  • Advisory Board: EATCS Monographs in Theoretical Computer Science, Springer-Verlag 
  • Member: DIMACS External Advisory Committee 
Honors 
  • Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Univ. of Missouri at Kansas City, May 1999. 

University Activities 
  • Local Natural Sciences Research Advisory Council 
  • Engineering College Nominating Committee 
Lectures 
  • NSF knowledge and distributed intelligence initiative. Networking Resources for Collaborative Research in South West, Atlanta, GA, July 1998. 
  • Observations about the nature and state of computer science. Univ. of Missouri at Kansas City, May 1999.