- Sartaj Sahni
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name = Dr. Sartaj Sahni
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nationality = Indian
field = Computer Science
work_institutions =University of Florida
alma_mater =Cornell University
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known_for = Being a pioneer in the field ofdata structure
prizes =Sartaj Kumar Sahni is a
computer scientist and is one of the pioneers in the field ofdata structure s. He is currently distinguished professor and chairman of the CISE department at theUniversity of Florida . He is a member of the European Academy of Sciences, a Fellow of theInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), theAssociation for Computing Machinery (ACM), theAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and Minnesota Supercomputer Institute, and a Distinguished Alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. In 1997, he was awarded the IEEE Computer SocietyTaylor L. Booth Education Award, in 2003, he was awarded the IEEE Computer Society W. Wallace McDowell Award. Sahni was awarded the 2003 ACM Karl Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award. Sahni received his B.Tech. inElectrical Engineering degree from theIndian Institute of Technology , Kanpur, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees inComputer Science fromCornell University . Sahni has published over two hundred and eighty research papers and written 15 texts. [ [http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~sahni/s.htm#BOOKS List of books] authored by Prof. Sahni as available at [http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~sahni/ his official Web site] .] His research publications are on the design and analysis of efficientalgorithms ,data structures ,parallel computing , interconnection networks, design automation, and medical algorithms.References
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