Mihalis Yannakakis

Mihalis Yannakakis
Mihalis Yannakakis
Born (1953-09-13) 13 September 1953
NationalityGreek-American
Alma materNational Technical University of Athens
Princeton University
AwardsKnuth Prize (2005)
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
InstitutionsColumbia University
Doctoral advisorJeffrey Ullman

Mihalis Yannakakis (Greek: Μιχάλης Γιαννακάκης; born 13 September 1953 in Athens, Greece) is a professor of computer science at Columbia University. He is noted for his work in computational complexity, databases, and other related fields. He won the Donald E. Knuth Prize in 2005.