James Aspnes

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James Aspnes is a professor in Computer Science at Yale University. He earned his Ph.D. in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University in 1992.[1] His main research interest is distributed algorithms.

In 1989, he wrote and operated TinyMUD, one of the first "social" MUDs that allowed players to build a shared virtual world.

[edit] Awards

  • The Dylan Hixon '88 Prize for Teaching Excellence in the Natural Sciences. Awarded by Yale College, 2000.
  • IBM Graduate Fellowship, 1991–1992.
  • NSF Graduate Fellowship, 1987–1990.
  • Phi Beta Kappa, 1987.

[edit] References

  1. ^ James Aspnes. ACM SIGACT Theoretical Computer Science genealogy database. Retrieved on 2008-02-16.

[edit] External links

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