George Novacky

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George Novacky
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Alma mater University of Pittsburgh
Scientific career
Fields Computer Science, Mathematics
Institutions University of Pittsburgh
Doctoral advisor Chong-Yun Chao

George A. Novacky was an Assistant Department Chair and Senior Lecturer in Computer Science, and an Assistant Dean of CAS for Undergraduate Studies at the University of Pittsburgh.

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Education and career

Novacky first received a mathematics degree from Wheeling Jesuit College in 1968. In 1971, he received his MA in mathematics followed by a PhD in mathematics in 1981. Both his MA and PhD were from University of Pittsburgh. Novacky's dissertation was Chromaticity of Extremal Graphs. [1]

He was an Associate Professor of Mathematics at the Community College of Allegheny County from 1977 to 1985.

He has been a faculty member of the University of Pittsburgh's Department of Computer Science since 1985. In 1993, Novacky received The Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award. [2]

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References

  1. http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/html/id.phtml?id=96380 The Mathematics Genealogy Project - George Novacky
  2. http://www.cs.pitt.edu/people/faculty/novacky.php University Of Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh - Novacky