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Stephen Cook

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Stephen Arthur Cook (born December 14, 1939) is an American-Canadian computer scientist and mathematician who has made significant contributions to the fields of complexity theory and proof complexity. He is a university professor emeritus at the University of Toronto, Department of Computer Science and Department of Mathematics. He is considered one of the forefathers of computational complexity theory. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stephen Cook is the 95th most popular computer scientist (down from 72nd in 2019), the 5,130th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,309th in 2019) and the 58th most popular American Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Stephen Cook ranks 95 out of 245. Before him are Radia Perlman, John Henry Holland, Evan Williams, Edward Feigenbaum, Kristen Nygaard, and Gary Kildall. After him are Kathleen Antonelli, Betty Holberton, Judea Pearl, Marlyn Meltzer, Ed Roberts, and Robin Milner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Stephen Cook ranks 273. Before him are Fahrudin Jusufi, Paul Gleason, Panajot Pano, Bill Mulliken, Ekaterina Maximova, and Arik Einstein. After him are Brigitte Fontaine, Chögyam Trungpa, Giorgio Ferrini, Dariush Mehrjui, János Göröcs, and Tigran Mansurian.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Stephen Cook ranks 5,130 out of 20,380. Before him are Joe Keery (1992), Ken Huszagh (1891), Walton Walker (1889), Al Foster (1943), Jonathan Littell (1967), and Renée Taylor (1933). After him are Robert McKee (1941), Alan Lomax (1915), Grace Bumbry (1937), Birdman (1969), Martha Hyer (1924), and John Lewis (1920).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Stephen Cook ranks 58. Before him are Martin Hellman (1945), Radia Perlman (1951), John Henry Holland (1929), Evan Williams (1972), Edward Feigenbaum (1936), and Gary Kildall (1942). After him are Betty Holberton (1917), Marlyn Meltzer (1922), Ed Roberts (1941), Charles P. Thacker (1943), Eric S. Raymond (1957), and Alan Cooper (1952).

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