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Alex Pothen

Alex Pothen

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Who is this?

Alex Pothen is an Indian-born American computer scientist and applied mathematician who is a professor at Purdue University. His research primarily focuses on combinatorial scientific computing (CSC), graph algorithms, parallel computing, and bioinformatics algorithms. Pothen was born in Munnar, Kerala, India.

Career

  1. 2018
    Member of Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
  2. 2018
    Won Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
  3. 2021
    Won George Pólya Prize
  4. 2022
    Won ACM Fellow
  5. 2023
    Member of Association for Computing Machinery
  6. 2024
    Won Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

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  • Known as: researcher

What happened recently

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10 Purdue faculty chosen as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

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10 Purdue professors elected to prestigious science society

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Thomas F. Coleman

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Provost event honors Purdue faculty for their many years of service

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Professor of informatics awarded prestigious international applied mathematics prize

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Purdue computer scientist wins George Pólya Prize in Applied Combinatorics

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Gebremedhin receives prestigious international applied mathematics prize

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Quantum computers tackle big data with machine learning