Volker Strassen
Volker Strassen | |
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Volker Strassen giving the Knuth Prize lecture at SODA 2009 | |
| Born | April 29, 1936 |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | University of Göttingen |
| Known for | Strassen algorithm |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Konstanz |
| Doctoral advisor | Konrad Jacobs |
| Doctoral students | Peter Bürgisser Joachim von zur Gathen Joos Ulrich Heintz |
Volker Strassen (born April 29, 1936) is a German mathematician, a professor emeritus in the department of mathematics and statistics at the University of Konstanz.
For important contributions to the analysis of algorithms he has received many awards, including the Cantor medal, the Konrad Zuse Medal, the Paris Kanellakis Award for work on randomized primality testing, the Knuth Prize for "seminal and influential contributions to the design and analysis of efficient algorithms."