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Leslie Valiant

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Leslie Gabriel Valiant (born 28 March 1949) is a British American computer scientist and computational theorist. He was born to a chemical engineer father and a translator mother. He is currently the T. Jefferson Coolidge Professor of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics at Harvard University. Valiant was awarded the Turing Award in 2010, having been described by the A.C.M. as a heroic figure in theoretical computer science and a role model for his courage and creativity in addressing some of the deepest unsolved problems in science; in particular for his "striking combination of depth and breadth". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leslie Valiant is the 166th most popular computer scientist (down from 145th in 2019), the 752nd most popular biography from Hungary (down from 665th in 2019) and the most popular Hungarian Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Leslie Valiant ranks 166 out of 245. Before him are Needleman–Wunsch algorithm, Silvio Micali, Henriette Avram, Liu Gang, Yoshua Bengio, and James H. Clark. After him are Brewster Kahle, Audrey Tang, Noga Alon, Edward F. Moore, Randy Pausch, and Andy Hertzfeld.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Leslie Valiant ranks 611. Before him are Zbigniew Gut, Ivan Stoyanov, Wenceslao Padilla, Owen Arthur, Nikolai Pankin, and David Cross. After him are Jean-Jacques Favier, Jon Avnet, Ricardo Londoño, Steve Gaines, Harry Turtledove, and Michael Horse.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Leslie Valiant ranks 752 out of 1,077. Before him are Kinga Göncz (1947), Zoltan Korda (1895), Zoli Ádok (1976), József Pálinkás (1912), Péter Szijjártó (1978), and Attila Csihar (1971). After him are Géza Gulyás (1931), Gyula Kakas (1878), György Bessenyei (1747), Imre Farkas (1935), Ferenc Török (1935), and Elemér Somfay (1898).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In Hungary

Among computer scientists born in Hungary, Leslie Valiant ranks 1. 

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