Amir Pnueli

Amir Pnueli
Born(1941-04-22)April 22, 1941
Nahalal, Mandate for Palestine
Died2 November 2009(2009-11-02) (aged 68)
New York, United States
NationalityIsraeli
AwardsTuring Award (1996)
Israel Prize
Scientific career
FieldsComputer Science
InstitutionsTel Aviv University
Weizmann Institute
New York University
University of Pennsylvania
Stanford University
Doctoral students

Amir Pnueli (Hebrew: אמיר פנואלי; April 22, 1941 – November 2, 2009) was an Israeli computer scientist and the 1996 Turing Award recipient.

Biography

Pnueli was born in Nahalal, in the British Mandate of Palestine (now in Israel) and received a Bachelor's degree in mathematics from the Technion in Haifa, and Ph.D. in applied mathematics from the Weizmann Institute of Science (1967).[1] His thesis was on the topic of "Calculation of Tides in the Ocean". He switched to computer science during a stint as a post-doctoral fellow at Stanford University. His works in computer science focused on temporal logic and model checking, particularly regarding fairness properties of concurrent systems.[2]

He returned to Israel as a researcher; he was the founder and first chair of the computer science department at Tel Aviv University. He became a professor of computer science at the Weizmann Institute in 1981. From 1999 until his death, Pnueli also held a position at the Computer Science Department of New York University, New York, U.S.[2] He's also served as an associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania and the Joseph Fourier University.[3]

Pnueli also founded two startup technology companies during his career. He had three children and, at his death, had four grandchildren.[2]

Pnueli died on November 2, 2009, of a brain hemorrhage.[2][4][5]

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References

  1. ^ "Amir Pnueli". The Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d Chang, Kenneth (November 14, 2009), "Amir Pnueli, Pioneer of Temporal Logic, Dies at 68", The New York Times.
  3. ^ "AMIR PNUELI". amturing.acm. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  4. ^ "NYU Computer Science Professor Amir Pnueli, 68", Dr. Dobb's, November 5, 2009.
  5. ^ NYU Professor Amir Pnueli, 68, Distinguished Computer Scientist, New York University Computer Science Department, archived from the original on 9 November 2009, retrieved 2009-11-08.
  6. ^ "Honorary doctorates - Uppsala University, Sweden". 9 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Israel Prize Official Site (in Hebrew) – Recipient's C.V."
  8. ^ "Israel Prize Official Site (in Hebrew) – Judges' Rationale for Grant to Recipient".