Dr. Zvi Galil

Biography

Zvi Galil was born in Tel Aviv, Israel. He earned BS and MS degrees in Applied Mathematics from Tel Aviv University, graduating summa cum laude, and obtained his PhD in Computer Science from Cornell University. After a post-doctorate at IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center, he returned to Israel to join the faculty of Tel Aviv University, serving as the chair of the Computer Science department from 1979 to 1982. In 1982, he joined Columbia University as a faculty member and served as chair of the Computer Science Department from 1989 to 1994, and as dean of the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science from 1995 to 2007. In 2007, Galil returned to Tel Aviv University as president but resigned in 2009 to return to the faculty as a professor of Computer Science. He served as the John P. Imlay Jr. Dean of Computing at Georgia Tech from July 2010 to June 2019. Galil's research areas include design and analysis of algorithms, complexity, cryptography, and experimental design. He has served as the chairman of ACM SIGACT, Special Interest Group on Algorithms and Computation Theory, authored over 200 scientific papers, edited five books, and delivered more than 150 lectures across 20 countries. He has also served as editor-in-chief for various journals and as chief computer science advisor for Oxford University Press in the United States. He is a fellow of the ACM and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. In 2009, he received the Great Teacher Award from the Columbia Society of Graduates.

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