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| | Jon Kleinberg receives Nevanlinna prize |
 | | Jon Kleinberg, Cornell professor of computer science, received the 2006 Rolf Nevanlinna Prize at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Madrid, Spain, for his "deep, creative and insightful contributions to the mathematical theory of the global information environment." |
 | | The prize has been awarded every four years since 1982 by the International Mathematics Union, in recognition of the most notable advances made in mathematics in the "information society" -- that is, the modern world as influenced by information technology. |
 | | In addition to the areas cited in the Nevanlinna Prize, Kleinberg works on problems in data mining, computer optimization, computational biology, geometric pattern matching and fault tolerance in distributed computing. |
| www.news.cornell.edu /stories/Aug06/NB.Kleinberg.Nevanlinna.ws.html (328 words) |
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