Rajeev Motwani
Rajeev Motwani | |
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Rajeev Motwani in 2006 | |
| Born | Rajeev Motwani 24 March 1962 Jammu, J&K, India |
| Died | 5 June 2009 (aged 47) Atherton, California, U.S. |
| Citizenship | American |
| Education | St. Columba's School, Delhi |
| Alma mater | IIT Kanpur (BTech) University of California, Berkeley (PhD) |
| Spouse | Asha Jadeja Motwani |
| Awards | Gödel Prize |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Theoretical computer science Data privacy Web search Robotics Computational drug design |
| Thesis | Probabilistic Analysis of Matching and network flow Algorithms (1988) |
Doctoral advisor | Richard M. Karp |
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| Website | theory |
Rajeev Motwani (Hindi: राजीव मोटवानी , 24 March 1962 – 5 June 2009) was an Indian-American professor of computer science at Stanford University whose research focused on theoretical computer science. He was a special advisor to Sequoia Capital. He was a winner of the Gödel Prize in 2001.