Joseph F. Traub, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Joseph F. Traub

American computer scientist

Date of Birth: 24-Jun-1932

Place of Birth: Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Date of Death: 24-Aug-2015

Profession: computer scientist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Joseph F. Traub

  • Joseph Frederick Traub (June 24, 1932 – August 24, 2015) was an American computer scientist.
  • He was the Edwin Howard Armstrong Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University and External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute.
  • He held positions at Bell Laboratories, University of Washington, Carnegie Mellon, and Columbia, as well as sabbatical positions at Stanford, Berkeley, Princeton, California Institute of Technology, and Technical University, Munich.
  • Traub was the author or editor of ten monographs and some 120 papers in computer science, mathematics, physics, finance, and economics.
  • In 1959 he began his work on optimal iteration theory culminating in his 1964 monograph, which is still in print.
  • Subsequently he pioneered work with Henryk Wozniakowski on computational complexity applied to continuous scientific problems (information-based complexity).
  • He collaborated in creating significant new algorithms including the Jenkins-Traub Algorithm for Polynomial Zeros, as well as the Kung-Traub, Shaw-Traub, and Brent-Traub algorithms.
  • One of his research areas was continuous quantum computing.
  • As of November 10, 2015, his works have been cited 8500 times, and he has an h-index of 35.From 1971 to 1979 he headed the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon and led it from a critical period to eminence (see Joseph Traub digital archive at Carnegie Mellon).
  • From 1979 to 1989 he was the founding Chair of the Computer Science Department at Columbia.
  • From 1986 to 1992 he served as founding Chair of the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, National Academies and held the post again 2005–2009.
  • Traub was founding Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Complexity, in 1985 until his death in 2015.
  • Both his research and institution building work have had a major impact on the field of computer science.

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