Éva Tardos

Éva Tardos, mathematician, (born 1957, Hungary) winner of the Fulkerson Prize (1988), professor and chair of Computer Science department at Cornell University.

Research Interests:
*Design and analysis of algorithms for fundamental problems in network and combinatorial optimization;
*Approximation algorithms,
*On-line algorithms,
*Linear and integer programming,
*Algorithmic game theory.

Education

* Dipl. Math, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary (1981)
* Ph.D., Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary (1984)

Honors/Awards

* Member of National Academy of Engineering (2007)
* George B. Dantzig Prize (2006)
* Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
* ACM Fellow (1998)
* Guggenheim Fellow
* Packard Fellow
* Sloan Fellow
* NSF Presidential Young Investigator
* Fulkerson Prize (1988)

While co-teaching a class with Jon Kleinberg students made anagrams for their names. They entered the class said "Kleinberg is Rebel King and Tardos is Astro Dave."

External links/References

* Cornell University: [http://www.cs.cornell.edu/People/eva/eva.html Eva Tardos, Department of Computer Science]