Science & TechnologyLatvian-American1928 – 2022
Juris Hartmanis
Co-founder of computational complexity theory, Turing Award winner
Biography
Latvian-American computer scientist and pioneer in computational complexity theory. He co-founded the field of complexity theory with Richard Stearns and won the Turing Award in 1993.
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Category
Science & Technology
Nationality
Latvian-American
Born
1928
Died
2022
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Juris
Latin origin
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