Sartaj Sahni

Sartaj Sahni
Prof. Sartaj Sahni in 2015.
Born (1949-07-22) July 22, 1949 (age 75)
Pune, India
NationalityAmerican
Alma materIndian Institute of Technology, Cornell University
Known forData structures, Algorithms
AwardsIEEE Computer Society Taylor L. Booth Education Award, 1997
IEEE Computer Society W. Wallace McDowell Award, 2003
ACM Karl Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award, 2003
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
InstitutionsUniversity of Florida
Doctoral advisorEllis Horowitz
Doctoral studentsTeofilo F. Gonzalez

Professor Sartaj Kumar Sahni (born July 22, 1949, in Pune, India) is a computer scientist based in the United States, and is one of the pioneers[citation needed] in the field of data structures. He is a distinguished professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering at the University of Florida.[1]

  1. ^ Faculty profile, CISE, U. of Florida, accessed 2011-10-10.