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Alex Szalay
Born
Alexander Sandor Szalay
(1949-06-17) June 17, 1949 (age 74)
Debrecen, Hungary
Alma mater
University of Debrecen (B.Sc.) Eötvös Loránd University(M.Sc., Ph.D.)
Known for
Sloan Digital Sky Survey National Virtual Observatory WorldWide Telescope
Awards
Bloomberg Distinguished Professorships (2015) Jim Gray eScience Award (2007) Széchenyi Prize (1991)
Scientific career
Fields
Astronomy Computer science Cosmology Big data
Institutions
Johns Hopkins University
Website
idies.jhu.edu
Alex Szalay is a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor[1] of physics and astronomy[2] and computer science[3] at the Johns Hopkins University School of Arts and Sciences and Whiting School of Engineering.[4] Szalay is an international leader in astronomy, cosmology, the science of big data, and data‐intensive computing. In 2023, he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.[5]
^"Bloomberg Distinguished Professorships".
^"Alexander Szalay Faculty Page". 8 February 2013.
^"Alexander Szalay Faculty Page, Department of Computer Science".
^Brooks, Kelly "Johns Hopkins names four new Bloomberg Distinguished Professors", JHU Hub, Baltimore, 30 March 2015. Retrieved on 27 July 2015.
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