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Dexter Kozen

Joseph Newton Pew, Jr. Professor Emeritus
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Dexter Kozen is the Joseph Newton Pew, Jr. Professor of Engineering Emeritus in the Department of Computer Science. His research interests span topics on the boundary of computer science and mathematics: design and analysis of algorithms, computational complexity theory, complexity of decision problems in logic and algebra, and logics and semantics of programming languages. He is the author of more than 200 research articles and four books. Kozen is a former Guggenheim fellow and a fellow of the Association of Computing Machinery, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the European Association of Theoretical Computer Science. He is a recipient of the John G. Kemeny Prize in Computing, an IBM Outstanding Innovation Award, the EATCS Award, the IEEE W. Wallace McDowell Award, and the ACM Alonzo Church Award.

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Research areas
Programming Languages
Security
Systems + Networking
Theory of Computing
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Contact

(607) 255-9209

kozen@cs.cornell.edu
Location
Gates Hall 436
Profile Type
Faculty (Emeritus)
Computer Science

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Guggenheim Fellowship

John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Dexter Kozen
  • Prominent
  • 1991

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Alonzo Church Award for Outstanding Contributions to Logic and Computation

European Association for Computer Science Logic
Dexter Kozen
  • Research
  • 2022

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ACM Fellow

Association for Computing Machinery
Dexter Kozen
  • Research
  • 2003

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An ACM Fellow is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) who has achieved outstanding accomplishments in the fields of computing and information technology or made exceptional...
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AAAS Fellow

American Association for the Advancement of Science
Dexter Kozen
  • Research
  • 2008

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