Lance Jeremy Fortnow (born August 15, 1963) is a computer scientist known for major results in computational complexity and interactive proof systems. He is currently Dean of the College of Computing at the Illinois Institute of Technology.
Lance Jeremy Fortnow (born August 15, 1963) is a computer scientist known for major results in computational complexity and interactive proof systems. He is currently Dean of the College of Computing at the Illinois Institute of Technology. (en)
Lance Jeremy Fortnow (* 1963) ist ein amerikanischer Informatiker. Fortnow studierte Mathematik und Informatik an der Cornell University (Bachelor 1985) und wurde 1989 bei Michael Sipser am Massachusetts Institute of Technology promoviert (Complexity theoretic aspects of interactive proof systems). 1989 wurde er Assistant Professor, 1994 Associate Professor und 2003 Professor für Informatik an der University of Chicago. Seit 2008 ist er Professor an der Northwestern University und Adjunct Professor am Toyota Technology Institute at Chicago und außerdem seit 2008 am Kellogg Graduate Institute of Management Science. 1996/97 war er als Fulbright-Stipendiat Gastprofessor am Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica in Amsterdam und 1999 bis 2003 Senior Scientist am NEC Research Institute in Princeton. 20 (de)