Jack Edmonds

Jack Edmonds
Edmonds with his NP rock outside his home in Ontario, Canada
Born
John Robert Edmonds

(1934-04-05) April 5, 1934 (age 90)
Alma mater
Known for
AwardsJohn von Neumann Theory Prize (1985)
Scientific career
FieldsComputer Science, Mathematics
Institutions
Doctoral students

Jack R. Edmonds (born April 5, 1934) is an American-born and educated computer scientist and mathematician who lived and worked in Canada for much of his life. He has made fundamental contributions to the fields of combinatorial optimization, polyhedral combinatorics, discrete mathematics and the theory of computing. He was the recipient of the 1985 John von Neumann Theory Prize.