Juris Hartmanis Walter R. Read Professor of Engineering Turing Award Winner jh@cs.cornell.edu PhD Cal Tech, 1955 The strategic goal of my research is to contribute to the development of a comprehensive theory of computational complexity. Computational complexity, the study of the quantitative laws that govern computation, is an  essential part of the science base needed to guide, harness, and exploit the explosively growing computer technology.  My current research interests are focused on two related areas: understanding the computational complexity of chaotic systems and the study of the computational complexity of scientific theories.

Professional Activities

• National Academy of Engineering

• Foreign Member: Latvian Academy of Sciences

• Fellow: American Academy of Arts and Sciences; New York State Academy of Sciences; AAAS

• Turing Award Committee

• Goedel Prize Committee; Waterman Award Committee 
• Editor: Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Journal of Computer and Systems Sciences; Fundamenta Informaticae  
• Advisory Board: EATCS Monographs in Theoretical Computer Science, Springer-Verlag 
• Member: DIMACS External Advisory Committee 

• NSF knowledge and distributed intelligence initiative. Networking Resources for Collaborative Research in South West, Atlanta, GA, July 1998. 
• Observations about the nature and state of computer science. Univ. of Missouri at Kansas City, May 1999.