Thomas H. Cormen

Thomas H. Cormen
Born	1956 New York, New York
Residence	U.S.
Nationality	American
Fields	Computer Science
Institutions	Dartmouth College
Alma mater	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Princeton University
Doctoral advisor	Charles E. Leiserson

Thomas H. Cormen^[1] is the co-author of Introduction to Algorithms, along with Charles Leiserson, Ron Rivest, and Cliff Stein. He is a Full Professor of computer science at Dartmouth College and currently Chair of the Dartmouth College Department of Computer Science. Between 2004 and 2008 he directed the Dartmouth College Writing Program.^[2]

Early life and education

Thomas H. Cormen was born in New York City in 1956. He grew up in Oceanside, New York.

He received his bachelor's degree summa cum laude in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Princeton University in June 1978.^[3]

He then went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he earned his master's degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in May 1986 with a thesis on "Concentrator Switches for Routing Messages in Parallel Computers"^[3] and his PhD with a thesis on "Virtual Memory for Data-Parallel Computing"^[4] in February 1993.^[3]

Honors and awards

During his career he received several honors and awards:^[3]

• Elected to Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu.
• National Science Foundation Fellowship.
• Best Presentation Award, 1986 International Conference on Parallel Processing, St. Charles, Illinois.
• Distinguished Presentation Award, 1987 International Conference on Parallel Processing, St. Charles, Illinois.
• Professional and Scholarly Publishing Award in Computer Science and Data Processing, Association of American Publishers, 1990.
• Dartmouth College Class of 1962 Faculty Fellowship, 1995–1996.
• Jacobus Family Fellow, Dartmouth College, 1998–1999.
• McLane Family Fellow, Dartmouth College, 2004–2005.

Bibliography

• Cormen, Thomas H.; Leiserson, Charles E.; Rivest, Ronald L. (1990). Introduction to Algorithms (first ed.). MIT Press and McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0-262-03141-7. 
• Cormen, Thomas H.; Leiserson, Charles E.; Rivest, Ronald L.; Stein, Clifford (2001). Introduction to Algorithms (second ed.). MIT Press and McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0-262-53196-2. 
• Cormen, Thomas H.; Leiserson, Charles E.; Rivest, Ronald L.; Stein, Clifford (2009). Introduction to Algorithms (third ed.). MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-03384-8. 

Notes

1. ^ The middle name is just 'H.'
2. ^ The actual title was:
   • 2004-2005: Director of the Dartmouth College Writing Program
   • 2005-2008: Chair of the Dartmouth College Writing Program
   • 2008: Director of the Dartmouth College Institute for Writing and Rhetoric
   • 2008: Chair of the Dartmouth College Writing and Rhetoric Program (the curricular component of the Institute)
3. ^ ^{a b c d} Curriculum Vitae, Thomas H. Cormen Homepage, http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~thc/papers/cormen-vita.pdf
4. ^ Available online: Thomas H. Cormen, Virtual Memory for Data-Parallel Computing, MIT, 1992

External links

• Home page of Thomas H. Cormen
• Introduction to Algorithms by Thomas H. Cormen

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Name	Cormen,Thomas H.
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Date of birth	1956
Place of birth	New York, New York
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