Summary
Daniel Isaac Aryeh Cohen (born 1946) is an American mathematician and computer scientist who is now a professor emeritus at Hunter College.[1]
Daniel I. A. Cohen | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1946 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Mathematician, computer scientist, professor emeritus |
| Years active | 1967-present? |
| Employer | Hunter College |
Cohen earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Princeton University in 1967[1][2] and already as an undergraduate published a research paper about Sperner's lemma, which he learned about from Hans Rademacher.[3] He completed his doctorate in 1975 from Harvard University under the joint supervision of Andrew M. Gleason and Gian-Carlo Rota.[4] He was a mathematician at Hunter College in 1981 when the computer science department was founded, and became one of five initial computer science professors there.[5]
Cohen is the author of the textbooks Basic Techniques of Combinatorial Theory (John Wiley & Sons, 1979)[6] and Introduction to Computer Theory (John Wiley & Sons, 1986; 2nd ed., 1996).
An undergraduate award for a graduating senior at Hunter College, the Daniel I.A. Cohen Prize for Academic Excellence in Theoretical Computer Science, was named after Cohen.[7]
References edit
- ^ a b Faculty in Hunter's Computer Science Department, Hunter College, retrieved 2015-09-27.
- ^ Graduation year from Cohen, Daniel I. A. (January 18, 2012), "Holding the line on A's", Letters to the editor, Princeton Alumni Weekly.
- ^ Cohen, Daniel I. A. (1967), "On the Sperner lemma", Journal of Combinatorial Theory, 2 (4): 585–587, doi:10.1016/s0021-9800(67)80062-0.
- ^ Daniel I. A. Cohen at the Mathematics Genealogy Project.
- ^ CS Department History, Hunter College, retrieved 2015-09-27.
- ^ Buchanan, Iain (1980), "Basic Techniques of Combinatorial Theory", Book Selection, Journal of the Operational Research Society, 31: 85, doi:10.1057/jors.1980.16, S2CID 62587403.
- ^ Ruth Hauptman wins inaugural Daniel I. A. Cohen Prize for Excellence in Theoretical Computer Science, Hunter College, retrieved 2015-09-27.