John Hopcroft

John Edward Hopcroft
Hopcroft in 2006 at ITMO University
Born (1939-10-07) October 7, 1939
EducationSeattle University (BS)
Stanford University (MS, PhD)
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
Institutions
ThesisSynthesis of Threshold Logic Networks (1964)
Doctoral advisorRichard Mattson
Doctoral students
Websitecs.cornell.edu/jeh

John Edward Hopcroft (born October 7, 1939) is an American theoretical computer scientist. His textbooks on theory of computation (also known as the Cinderella book) and data structures are regarded as standards in their fields. He is a professor emeritus at Cornell University, co-director of the Center on Frontiers of Computing Studies at Peking University, and the director of the John Hopcroft Center for Computer Science at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.