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# Samir Khuller

## Professor Emeritus

## Distinguished Scholar Teacher

Email: samircs[.dot.]umd[.dot.]edu
Phone:
(301) 405-6765
Location:
IRB 5128
Website:
http://www.cs.umd.edu/~samir/
Wikipedia Bio:
en.wikipedia.org
Education:

- Ph.D., Cornell University, 1990

Appointments:
CS, UMIACS
Research Areas:
Algorithms and Theory, Databases and Big Data
Interest Areas:
algorithm design, combinatorial optimization, graph theory, parallel computation

## Honors and Awards

Year | Type | Org. | Name
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2022 | Fellow | ACM | ACM Fellow For contributions to algorithm design with real-world implications and for mentoring and community-building.
2021 | Fellow | EATCS | EATCS Fellow "For his fundamental contributions to combinatorial approximation algorithms – specifically for work in graph algorithms and scheduling, and for mentoring and building community.
2007 | Award |  | Google Faculty Research
2006 | UMD | UMD | Univ Maryland Distinguished Scholar-Teacher
1996 | UMD | UMD | CMPS Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence
1995 | Award | NSF | NSF CAREER