Bernard Chazelle
Computer Scientist and Academic
Born
November 5th, 1955
70 years ago
Category
Scientists & Innovators
Country
France
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A computer scientist and academic contributed significantly to algorithm design and computational geometry. Served as a professor at Princeton University, leading research in theoretical computer science. Published influential papers advancing knowledge in areas such as algorithms and data structures. Actively involved in the development of software and methodologies that adhered to rigorous mathematical foundations.
Contributed to computational geometry
Published influential papers in algorithm design
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