E. Allen Emerson

Ernest Allen Emerson II
Born (1954-06-02) June 2, 1954
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Nationality American
Fields Computer science
Institutions University of Texas, Austin, United States
Alma mater U. of Texas, Harvard
Notable awards Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award (1998)
Turing award (2007)

Ernest Allen Emerson (born June 2, 1954) is a computer scientist and endowed professor at the University of Texas, Austin, United States.

He won the 2007 A.M. Turing Award along with Edmund M. Clarke and Joseph Sifakis for the invention and development of Model checking.[1] He is also the recipient of the 1998 ACM Paris Kanellakis Award Theory and Practice Award for Symbolic Model Checking.[2]

He received his BS degree in mathematics from the University of Texas, Austin in 1976[3] and his PhD degree in applied mathematics at Harvard University in 1981.[3]

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