Jayme Luiz Szwarcfiter

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Jayme Luiz Szwarcfiter
Born(1942-07-05)5 July 1942
Alma mater Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Known for Combinatorics
Graph theory
Awards Ordem Nacional do Mérito Científico
Scientific career
Fields Computer science
Institutions Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Doctoral advisor Leslie Blackett Wilson

Jayme Luiz Szwarcfiter (born July 5, 1942, in Rio de Janeiro) is a computer scientist in Brazil.

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Biography

Szwarcfiter graduated in 1967 in electronic engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). He received his MA in 1971 from COPPE. In 1975 he obtained his PhD in computer science from the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, under supervision of Leslie Blackett Wilson. [1] He is currently a professor emeritus at UFRJ. The Journal of the Brazilian Computer Society dedicated a special edition in 2001 to Szwarcfiter's major publications. [2] Among others, he has written joint articles with Donald E. Knuth and Christos Papadimitriou. [2] [3]

Awards

He received the Award of Scientific Merit from the Brazilian Computer Society in 2005. [4] In April 2006 he won the Almirante Álvaro Alberto prize in computer science, [5] one of the most important academic recognitions in Brazil. Szwarcfiter is also one of the recipients of the Ordem Nacional do Mérito Científico (National Order of Scientific Merit). [6] In 2011, Prof. Szwarcfiter was elected a Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences.

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Selected publications by Jayme Luiz Szwarcfiter". Journal of the Brazilian Computer Society. 7 (3): 5–7. 2001. doi: 10.1590/S0104-65002001000200002 .
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