Juraj Hromkovič
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Juraj Hromkovič | |
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 Hromkovič in 2012 | |
| Born | 1958 (age 67–68) Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia) |
| Alma mater | Comenius University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics Computer science |
| Institutions | ETH Zurich |
Juraj Hromkovič (born 1958) is a Slovak Computer Scientist and Professor at ETH Zürich. He is the author of numerous monographs and scientific publications in the field of algorithmics, computational complexity theory, and randomization.
Biography
[edit]Hromkovič was born 1958 in Bratislava. He studied at Comenius University where he received his Ph.D. in 1986 (Dr. rer. nat.), habilitated in 1989, and worked as a lecturer from 1989 to 1990. From 1989 to 1994, he was a visiting professor at the group of Burkhard Monien at the University of Paderborn. In 1994, he received a professorship at the Institute of Informatics at the University of Kiel. From 1997 to 2003, he led the Chair of Computer Science 1 at RWTH Aachen. Since 2004, he has been a professor at the Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich for Information Technology and Education.[1]
Next to active research in various fields of theoretical computer science (about 170 publications), the main focus of his work lies on education for teachers of Computer Science and the illustration of basics of Computer Science to non-professionals.
References
[edit]- ^ "Juraj Hromkovic, 1958-". ETHistory. 19 November 2010. Archived from the original on 15 April 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2026.
External links
[edit]- Homepage of the Center for Informatics Education (ABZ) of ETH Zürich
- Juraj Hromkovič at Mathematics Genealogy Project
