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My Take
Endre Szemerédi belongs to that rare class of minds who reshape entire fields with little more than pencil, paper, and ferocious insight. His 2012 Abel Prize, mathematics' highest honor, recognizes work in combinatorics and theoretical computer science that quietly underpins how we understand structure and randomness. What moves me is the contrast between the abstraction of his ideas and the towering recognition they earned, the Schock Prize, the Steele Prize, election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences well into his eighties. From Budapest to Rutgers, he spent a lifetime excavating truths invisible to the rest of us. That devotion commands deep respect.
Overview
Endre Szemerédi (Hungarian: [ˈɛndrɛ ˈsɛmɛreːdi]; born August 21, 1940) is a Hungarian-American mathematician and computer scientist, working in the field of combinatorics and theoretical computer science. He is the State of New Jersey Professor of Computer Science Emeritus at Rutgers University, after having served in the position since 1986.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Endre Szemerédi
- Name (Japanese)
- エンドレ・セメレディ
- Reading
- えんどれ・せめれでぃ
- Born
- August 21, 1940 (age 85)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Dragon
- Origin
- Budapest, Hungary
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- mathematician / computer scientist / university teacher
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Eötvös Loránd University
Awards & achievements
- 2012 Abel Prize
- 2008 Rolf Schock Prize in Mathematics
- 2010 honorary doctor of the Charles University of Prague
- 2012 Széchenyi Prize
- 2008 Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research
- George Pólya Prize
- 2022 Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Paul Erdős Prize
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.