Sartaj Sahni | |
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Born | Pune, India | July 22, 1949
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Indian Institute of Technology, Cornell University |
Known for | Data structures, Algorithms |
Awards | IEEE 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 | |
Fields | Computer science |
Institutions | University of Florida |
Doctoral advisor | Ellis Horowitz |
Doctoral students | Teofilo 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]