Eric Allender
Eric Allender | |
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| Born | 1956 (age 69–70) Mount Pleasant, Iowa |
| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Spouse | Claire Ellen Todd |
| Awards | ACM Distinguished Member |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Rutgers University |
| Kimberly King | |
Eric Warren Allender (born 1956)[1] is an American computer scientist active in the field of computational complexity theory.
In 2006 he was inducted as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery. Since 2023 he has been a distinguished professor emeritus at Rutgers University, where he chaired the Department of Computer Science from 2006 until 2009.
Biography
[edit]Allender went to High School in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. He graduated from the University of Iowa in 1979 with a double major in Computer Science and Theater. He then graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a Ph.D. in Computer Science in 1985.[2]
After graduation, he became a professor at Rutgers University, where he stayed for the remainder of his career.[3]
Allender’s research focuses on computational complexity theory, including circuit complexity, structural complexity, and the computational limits of low-level complexity classes.[4]
He is the brother of Fred Truck.
References
[edit]- ^ "Eric Warren Allender." (n.d.): Marquis Biographies Online. Web. 31 Aug. 2014.
- ^ "Eric Allender". Rutgers University. Retrieved 2011-07-09.
- ^ "Curriculum Vitae Info". people.cs.rutgers.edu.
- ^ "Home Page for Eric Allender". people.cs.rutgers.edu. Retrieved 2026-02-17.
