- James Aspnes
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name=James Aspnes
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field =Computer Science ;
alma_mater =Carnegie Mellon University
work_institution =Yale University
prizes=James Aspnes is a professor in
Computer Science atYale University . He earned hisPh.D. in computer science fromCarnegie Mellon University in 1992. [cite web | title = James Aspnes | url = http://sigact.acm.org/cgi-bin/genealogy.cgi?file=database-A.html&from=Aspnes,James&to=endhere | work =ACM SIGACT Theoretical Computer Science genealogy database | accessdate = 2008-02-16 ] His main research interest is distributed algorithms.In 1989, he wrote and operated
TinyMUD , one of the first "social"MUD s that allowed players to build a shared virtual world.Son of
David E. Aspnes ,Distinguished University Professor atNorth Carolina State University .Awards
* The Dylan Hixon '88 Prize for Teaching Excellence in the Natural Sciences. Awarded by Yale College, 2000.
* IBM Graduate Fellowship, 1991–1992.
* NSF Graduate Fellowship, 1987–1990.
* Phi Beta Kappa, 1987.References
External links
* [http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/aspnes/ James Aspnes's Home Page at Yale]
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