Thomas H. Cormen | |
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Born | 1956 |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Princeton University |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Computer Science |
Institutions | Dartmouth College |
Doctoral advisor | Charles E. Leiserson |
Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from the Grafton 15 district | |
Assumed office December 7, 2022 | |
Personal details | |
Political party | Democratic |
Thomas H. Cormen[1] is an American politician and retired academic. He is the co-author of Introduction to Algorithms, along with Charles Leiserson, Ron Rivest, and Cliff Stein. In 2013, he published a new book titled Algorithms Unlocked. He is an emeritus professor of computer science at Dartmouth College and former chairman of the Dartmouth College Department of Computer Science. Between 2004 and 2008 he directed the Dartmouth College Writing Program.[2] His research interests are algorithm engineering, parallel computing, and speeding up computations with high latency. In 2022, he was elected as a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives.