Kurt Mehlhorn

Education and Career
– Graduated in 1971 from the Technical University of Munich
– Studied computer science and mathematics
– Earned Ph.D. in 1974 from Cornell University under Robert Constable’s supervision
– Joined Saarland University faculty in 1975
– Served as chair of the computer science department at Saarland University in 1976-1978 and 1987-1989

Awards and Honors
– Won Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize in 1986
– Received Gay-Lussac-Humboldt-Prize in 1989
– Awarded Karl Heinz Beckurts Award in 1994
– Honored with Konrad Zuse Medal in 1995
– Received EATCS Award and Paris Kanellakis Award in 2010

Research
– Author of several books and over 250 scientific publications
– Contributions to data structures, computational geometry, computer algebra, parallel computing, VLSI design, computational complexity, combinatorial optimization, and graph algorithms
– Played a role in the development of algorithm engineering
– Co-developer of LEDA (Library of Efficient Data types and Algorithms)
– Established research centers for computer science in Germany, including the Max Planck Institute for Computer Science and the research center at Dagstuhl

Books and Publications
– Authored ‘Effiziente Algorithmen’ in 1977, later revised and translated as ‘Data Structures and Algorithms’
– Listed in the Mathematics Genealogy Project
– CV available
– Served on the Infosys Prize jury in 2009
– Mentioned in the Bulletin of the EATCS and Notices of the American Mathematical Society

Other Achievements and Memberships
– Became a member of the Academia Europaea in 1995
– Named Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery in 1999
– Became a member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences in 2001
– Inducted into the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 2004
– Became a foreign member of the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Sciences in 2014

Kurt Mehlhorn (Wikipedia)

Kurt Mehlhorn (born 29 August 1949) is a German theoretical computer scientist. He has been a vice president of the Max Planck Society and is director of the Max Planck Institute for Computer Science.

Kurt Mehlhorn
Born	(1949-08-29) 29 August 1949 (age 74) Ingolstadt, West Germany
Alma mater	Cornell University
Known for	LEDA
Awards	Leibniz Prize Konrad Zuse Medal (1995) EATCS Award Paris Kanellakis Award (2010)
Scientific career
Fields	Computer science
Institutions	Universität des Saarlandes
Doctoral advisor	Robert Lee Constable