Robert Tarjan
American computer scientist and mathematician
Robert Endre Tarjan is an American computer scientist and mathematician. He is the discoverer of several graph theory algorithms, including his strongly connected components algorithm, and co-inventor of both splay trees and Fibonacci heaps. Wikipedia
Place of birth: Pomona, CA
Education: Stanford University (1972), Stanford University (1971), and California Institute of Technology (1969)
Academic advisors: Donald Knuth and Robert W. Floyd
Notable students: Daniel Sleator, Monika Henzinger, Ramesh Sitaraman, and more
Parents: George Tarjan and Helen E. Tarjan
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