Lance Fortnow | |
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| Born | August 15, 1963 (age 61) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Cornell University Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Known for | Interactive proofs |
| Awards | ACM Fellow, NSF Presidential Faculty Fellow, Fulbright Scholar, Nerode Prize |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer science |
| Institutions | Illinois Institute of Technology Georgia Tech Northwestern University University of Chicago |
| Doctoral advisor | Michael Sipser |
| Doctoral students | Carsten Lund |
| Website | http://lance.fortnow.com/ http://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/ |
Lance Jeremy Fortnow (born August 15, 1963) is a computer scientist known for major results in computational complexity and interactive proof systems. Since 2019, he has been at the Illinois Institute of Technology, where he is currently the Dean of the College of Computing.