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Hagit Attiya
Hagit Attiya is an Israeli computer scientist at the Technion who works in distributed computing.
born 1962Research in distributed computingShared memory through message passingThe 2011 Dijkstra Prize
- Born
- 16 February 1962
- Occupation
- computer scientist
- Education
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Hagit Attiya was born in 1962
Hagit Attiya was born on February 16, 1962. She studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, earning a bachelor's degree in mathematics and computer science in 1981 and a master's degree in 1983. She received her doctorate in 1987 under the supervision of Danny Dolev.
From 1988 to 1990 she was a postdoctoral researcher at MIT. She joined the Technion faculty of computer science in 1990 and became a full professor in 2005. She has also served as the Technion's vice president for academic affairs.
Her research covers the theory of distributed systems, algorithms for communication networks and multiprocessor systems. She has been editor-in-chief of the journal Distributed Computing since 2008. With Jennifer Welch she wrote a book on distributed computing.
She was a member of the Council for Higher Education from 2010 to 2012. In 2009 she became an ACM Fellow. In 2011 she won the Dijkstra Prize with Danny Dolev and Amotz Bar-Noy, and the Michael Bruno Memorial Award.
Milestones in Hagit Attiya's life
- 1962
Born on February 16.
- 1987
Received a doctorate from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
- 1990
Joined the Technion faculty of computer science.
- 1992
Won the Henry Taub Prize for academic excellence.
- 2005
Became a full professor at the Technion.
- 2008
Became editor-in-chief of the journal Distributed Computing.
- 2009
Became an ACM Fellow.
- 2011
Won the Dijkstra Prize and the Michael Bruno Memorial Award.
Hagit Attiya received 3 awards and honours
- Dijkstra Prize
- ACM Fellow
- Michael Bruno Memorial Award
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