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Joseph Sifakis

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Joseph Sifakis
Born26 December 1946 (1946-12-26) (age 77)
CitizenshipGreek-French
Alma materNational Technical University of Athens
University of Grenoble
Known forModel checking
AwardsNational Technical University of Athens University of Grenoble
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
InstitutionsCNRS, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Notable studentsStavros Tripakis

Joseph Sifakis (Greek: Ιωσήφ Σηφάκης; born 26 December 1946) is a Greek-French computer scientist. He won the 2007 Turing Award, along with Edmund M. Clarke and E. Allen Emerson, for his work on model checking.[1]

Sifakis was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 2008.[2]

References

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  1. Sifakis, Joseph (1974-03-22). Modèles temporels des systèmes logiques (phdthesis thesis) (in French). Université Joseph-Fourier – Grenoble I.
  2. "Joseph Sifakis". Academia Europaea. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019.

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