James Aspnes

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James Aspnes
Alma mater Carnegie Mellon University
Scientific career
Fields Computer Science;
Institutions Yale University
Thesis Wait-Free Consensus  (1992)
Doctoral advisor Steven Rudich [1]

James Aspnes is a professor in Computer Science at Yale University. He earned his Ph.D. in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University in 1992. [2] His main research interest is distributed algorithms.

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In 1989, he wrote and operated TinyMUD, one of the first "social" MUDs that allowed players to build a shared virtual world.

He is the son of David E. Aspnes, Distinguished University Professor at North Carolina State University. [3]

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References

  1. James Aspnes at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  2. "James Aspnes". ACM SIGACT Theoretical Computer Science genealogy database. Archived from the original on September 8, 2005. Retrieved February 16, 2008.
  3. "James Aspnes - Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science | Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science". seas.yale.edu.