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Omer Reingold

b. 1969

Israeli computer scientist

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About Omer Reingold

Born 1969. Omer Reingold is an Israeli mathematician, computer scientist, engineer, academic and university teacher, known for Zig-zag product.

Omer Reingold is an Israeli computer scientist. He is the Rajeev Motwani professor of computer science in the Computer Science Department at Stanford University and the director of the Simons Collaboration on the Theory of Algorithmic Fairness. He received a PhD in computer science at Weizmann in 1998 under Moni Naor. He received the 2005 Grace Murray Hopper Award for his work in finding a deterministic logarithmic-space algorithm for st-connectivity in undirected graphs. He, along with Avi Wigderson and Salil Vadhan, won the Gödel Prize for their work on the zig-zag product. He became a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery in 2014 "For contributions to the study of pseudorandomness, derandomization, and cryptography."

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Important facts

Born
1969, Tel Aviv
Birth century
Nationality
Known for
Zig-zag product
Education
Weizmann Institute of Science, Stanford University
Employers
Stanford University
Awards
Gödel Prize; Grace Murray Hopper Award; ACM Fellow

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Omer Reingold?

Israeli computer scientist

When was Omer Reingold born?

Omer Reingold was born in 1969 in Tel Aviv.

What is Omer Reingold's occupation?

Omer Reingold is a mathematician, computer scientist, engineer, academic and university teacher.

What is Omer Reingold known for?

Omer Reingold is known for Zig-zag product.

What nationality is Omer Reingold?

Omer Reingold is Israeli.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Omer Reingold

· Wikidata: Q2896355

· DBpedia: Omer Reingold

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