Prof. Dr. Edith Hemaspaandra

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsTheoretical Computer Science,Theory of Policy,Statistics and Economics
KeywordsComputational Complexity, Computational Social Choice, Complexity of Logics, Computational Politics
Honours and awards

2007: Friedrich Willhelm Bessel Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

2006: Eisenhart Award for Outstanding Teaching, Rochester Institute of Technology

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityRochester
InstitutionRochester Institute of Technology (RIT)
InstituteDepartment of Computer Science

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Jörg RotheInstitut für Informatik, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
Start of initial sponsorship01/03/2009

Programme(s)

2007Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Hemaspaandra is well known internationally for her outstanding achievements in theoretical computer science. She made important contributions to the fields of computional complexity theory, computational social choice theory, constraint satisfaction, and modal logic. Her study of the computational aspects of voting systems and of preference aggregation has applications in artificial intelligence, in particular for multi-agent systems. In her research project in Germany she seeks to find natural voting systems that are computationally resistant to various forms of manipulation and electoral control.