Robert Tarjan
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 77 |
| Date of birth | April 30,1948 |
| Zodiac sign | Taurus |
| Born | Pomona |
| California | |
| United States | |
| Nationality | American |
| Parents | George Tarjan |
| Helen E. Tarjan | |
| Awards | Nevanlinna Prize |
| Paris Kanellakis Award | |
| Guggenheim Fellowship for Natural Sciences, US & Canada | |
| Turing Award | |
| IMU Abacus Medal | |
| H index | 119 |
| Affiliations | Princeton University |
| Education | Stanford University |
| California Institute of Technology | |
| Field | Computer science |
| Doctor advisor | Robert W. Floyd |
| Notable student | Daniel Sleator |
| Monika Henzinger | |
| Ramesh Sitaraman | |
| Thomas Lengauer | |
| Neal E. Young | |
| Greg Nelson | |
| Academic advisor | Robert W. Floyd |
| Donald Knuth | |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 697228 |
Robert Tarjan Life story
Robert Endre Tarjan is an American computer scientist and mathematician. He is the discoverer of several graph algorithms, including Tarjan's strongly connected components algorithm, and co-inventor of both splay trees and Fibonacci heaps.