Dr. Rajeev Alur

Professor

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Biography

Rajeev Alur is the Zisman Family Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania and the founding director of the ASSET Center. His research focuses on Trustworthy AI, Safe Autonomy, Cyber-physical Systems, Distributed Systems, Formal Methods, Logic, Program Verification, and Machine Learning. Alur has received multiple accolades for his contributions to the field, including the 2024 Donald E. Knuth Prize and the 2016 Alonzo Church Award. His innovative projects include developing frameworks for understanding subversion and rule-based inference, as well as contributions to AI in medicine. Additionally, he has mentored several PhD students, contributing to the growth of knowledge in various domains through co-advised projects.

Research Interests

Experience

Zisman Family Professor

2009-01-01 — Present

University of Pennsylvania • Philadelphia, PA

Serving as the Zisman Family Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science and founding director of the ASSET Center.

Awards

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Donald E. Knuth Prize

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Paper Award, MEMOCODE

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Fellow of AAAS

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Alonzo Church Award

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Simons Investigator

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Paper Award, International Conference on Hybrid Systems: Computation Control

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George H. Heilmeier Faculty Award for Excellence in Research

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ACM/IEEE Logic in Computer Science (LICS) Test-of-Time Award

Requirements for University of Pennsylvania

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.6
GRE General
Verbal
Required:162
Quantitative
Required:162
Overall
Required:162
GMAT
Total Score
Required:728
Overall
Required:728
TOEFL
Total
Required:115
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree or equivalent Strong quantitative background
Application Checklist
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