Volker Strassen

Volker Strassen
Volker Strassen giving the Knuth Prize lecture at SODA 2009
Born (1936-04-29) April 29, 1936 (age 88)
Düsseldorf-Gerresheim, Germany
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Göttingen
Known forStrassen algorithm
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Konstanz
Doctoral advisorKonrad Jacobs [de]
Doctoral studentsPeter Bürgisser
Joachim von zur Gathen

Volker Strassen (born April 29, 1936) is a German mathematician, a professor emeritus in the department of mathematics and statistics at the University of Konstanz.[1]

For important contributions to the analysis of algorithms he has received many awards, including the Cantor medal,[2] the Konrad Zuse Medal,[3] the Paris Kanellakis Award for work on randomized primality testing,[4] the Knuth Prize for "seminal and influential contributions to the design and analysis of efficient algorithms."[5]

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