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Joseph Sifakis

1946 - Today

Joseph Sifakis

Joseph Sifakis (Greek: Ιωσήφ Σηφάκης) is a Greek-French computer scientist. He received the 2007 Turing Award, along with Edmund M. Clarke and E. Allen Emerson, for his work on model checking. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Sifakis is the 86th most popular computer scientist (down from 79th in 2019), the 587th most popular biography from Greece (up from 612th in 2019) and the most popular Greek Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Joseph Sifakis ranks 86 out of 245. Before him are Ruzena Bajcsy, Edwin Catmull, Larry Tesler, Nolan Bushnell, Dana Scott, and Jay Wright Forrester. After him are Martin Hellman, Ninoslav Marina, Radia Perlman, John Henry Holland, Evan Williams, and Edward Feigenbaum.

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Ruzena Bajcsy
1933 - Present
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 80
Edwin Catmull
1945 - Present
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 81
Larry Tesler
1945 - 2020
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 82
Nolan Bushnell
1943 - Present
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 83
Dana Scott
1932 - Present
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 84
Jay Wright Forrester
1918 - 2016
HPI: 59.66
Rank: 85
Joseph Sifakis
1946 - Present
HPI: 59.66
Rank: 86
Martin Hellman
1945 - Present
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 87
Ninoslav Marina
1974 - Present
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 88
Radia Perlman
1951 - Present
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 89
John Henry Holland
1929 - 2015
HPI: 59.26
Rank: 90
Evan Williams
1972 - Present
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 91
Edward Feigenbaum
1936 - Present
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 92

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Joseph Sifakis ranks 340. Before him are Stuart Wilson, Yacouba Sawadogo, Christopher Hampton, Robert Fisk, Jürgen Croy, and Jacques Tardi. After him are Camilo Sesto, Rocío Jurado, Lesley Gore, María Baxa, Zhang Gaoli, and Roland Sandberg.

Others Born in 1946

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Stuart Wilson
ACTOR
1946 - Present
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 334
Yacouba Sawadogo
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1946 - 2023
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 335
Christopher Hampton
WRITER
1946 - Present
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 336
Robert Fisk
WRITER
1946 - 2020
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 337
Jürgen Croy
SOCCER PLAYER
1946 - Present
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 338
Jacques Tardi
COMIC ARTIST
1946 - Present
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 339
Joseph Sifakis
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1946 - Present
HPI: 59.66
Rank: 340
Camilo Sesto
SINGER
1946 - 2019
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 341
Rocío Jurado
SINGER
1946 - 2006
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 342
Lesley Gore
SINGER
1946 - 2015
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 343
María Baxa
ACTOR
1946 - 2019
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 344
Zhang Gaoli
POLITICIAN
1946 - Present
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 345
Roland Sandberg
SOCCER PLAYER
1946 - Present
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 346

In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Joseph Sifakis ranks 587 out of 1,024. Before him are Agesipolis II (-400), Charilaos Trikoupis (1832), Louis Dumont (1911), Marinella (1938), Machanidas (-254), and Apollodorus the Epicurean (-150). After him are Rhianus (-275), Ieronymos II of Athens (1938), Eudamidas III (-300), Philinna (-400), Euphranor (-301), and Theagenes of Megara (-700).

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Agesipolis II
POLITICIAN
400 BC - 370 BC
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 581
Charilaos Trikoupis
POLITICIAN
1832 - 1896
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 582
Louis Dumont
ANTHROPOLOGIST
1911 - 1998
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 583
Marinella
SINGER
1938 - Present
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 584
Machanidas
POLITICIAN
254 BC - 207 BC
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 585
Apollodorus the Epicurean
PHILOSOPHER
150 BC - 150 BC
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 586
Joseph Sifakis
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1946 - Present
HPI: 59.66
Rank: 587
Rhianus
WRITER
275 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 588
Ieronymos II of Athens
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1938 - Present
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 589
Eudamidas III
POLITICIAN
300 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 590
Philinna
POLITICIAN
400 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 591
Euphranor
PAINTER
301 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 592
Theagenes of Megara
POLITICIAN
700 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 593