Robert David Kleinberg | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Cornell University Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Known for | Algorithms |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer Science |
| Institutions | Cornell University |
| Doctoral advisor | Tom Leighton |
| Website | www |
Robert David Kleinberg (also referred to asBobby Kleinberg) is an Americantheoretical computer scientist and professor of Computer Science atCornell University.
Robert Kleinberg was one of the finalists at the 1989Mathcounts.[1]He was a member of the 1991 and 1992 USA teams in theInternational Mathematical Olympiad, winning a silver medal and a gold medal, respectively.[2] He was also aPutnam Fellow in 1996.[3]
He graduated from Iroquois Central High School in Elma, NY, where he wasvaledictorian.
He is the younger brother of fellow Cornell computer scientistJon Kleinberg.[4]
Robert Kleinberg is known for his research work on group theoretic algorithms for matrix multiplication, online learning, network coding andgreedy embedding, social networks[5] and algorithmic game theory.
Robert Kleinberg received a B.A. inmathematics fromCornell University in 1997 and a Ph.D. in mathematics underTom Leighton fromMIT in 2005. He was a winner of the prestigious Hertz Fellowship, which supported him during his graduate studies.[6] In 2006, he joined the Department of Computer Science at Cornell University as an Assistant Professor. His work has been supported by an NSF Career Award,[7] a Microsoft Research New Faculty Fellowship, a Sloan Foundation Fellowship,[8] and a Google Research Grant.
