Jayme Luiz Szwarcfiter is a computer scientist

Computer science

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 in Brazil

Brazil

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. He has an Erdős number

Erdos number

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 of two.

Biography

Szwarcfiter graduated in 1967 in electronic engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). He received his MA in 1971 from COPPE. In 1975 he obtained his PhD in computer science from the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne

University of Newcastle upon Tyne

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, England. He is currently a professor emeritus at UFRJ. The Journal of the Brazilian Computer Society

Journal of the Brazilian Computer Society

The Journal of the Brazilian Computer Society is the flagship scientific journal of the Brazilian Computer Society . It is a quarterly journal. Its aim is to publish original research papers, serving as a forum for disseminating innovative research in all aspects of computer science. The...

 dedicated a special edition in 2001 Szwarcfiter's major publications. Among others, he has written joint articles with Donald E. Knuth and Christos Papadimitriou

Christos Papadimitriou

Christos Harilaos Papadimitriou is a Professor in the Computer Science Division at the University of California, Berkeley, United States...

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Awards

He received the Award of Scientific Merit from the Brazilian Computer Society in 2005. In April 2006 he won the Almirante Álvaro Alberto prize in computer science, one of the most important academic recognitions in Brazil. Szwarcfiter is also one of the recipients of the Ordem Nacional do Mérito Científico (National Order of Scientific Merit).