Juris Hartmanis
Senior Associate Dean for CIS
Emeritus Walter R. Read Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
Turing Award Winner
jh@cs.cornell.edu
http://www.cs.cornell.edu/people/hartmanis/
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Juris Hartmanis obtained his Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology in 1955. In 1965, he founded CS and was its first chairman. Hartmanis is also the founder of the field of computational complexity theory. He believes that 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.

Professor Hartmanis’s current research interests are in computational complexity, structure and management of research organizations. His main focus has been on understanding the structure of computational complexity classes and exploring how to view computation as construction of complex objects and relate
computational complexity to the complexity of constructed objects.

PUBLICATIONS
“Separation of Complexity Classes”. Journal of the ACM, Fiftieth Anniversary Special Issue 50(1): 58–62 (January 2003).

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Editor, Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Fundamenta Informatica; Journal of Computer and System Sciences.
Member, Science Steering Committee, Santa Fe Institute for Complex Systems.
Member, Science Board, Santa Fe Institute for Complex Systems.
Member, Advisory Board, Foundations of Computer Science.
Member, Advisory Board, European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS) Monographs on
Theoretical Computer Science.

UNIVERSITY ACTIVITIES
Member, CIS Council.

AWARDS AND HONORS
Grand Medal, Latvian Academy of Science, 2001.
CRA Distinguished Service Award, 2000.
Doctor of Science (honoris causa), University of Missouri, Kansas City, 1999.
B. Bolzano Gold Medal of the Academy of Science, Czech Republic, 1995.
Doctor of Science (honoris causa), University of Dortmund, Germany, 1995.
Senior U.S. Scientist Humboldt Award, Max Plank Institute, Saarbruecken, Germany, 1993–94.
ACM Turing Award (shared with R. E. Stearns, 1993).
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1992.
Member, Latvian Academy of Science, 1990.
Member, National Academy of Engineering, 1989.
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1981.