Saket Saurabh is an Indian computer scientist who is currently the Professor of Theoretical Computer Science at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai (IMSc), India and an adjunct faculty at University of Bergen, Norway. He specializes in parameterized complexity, exact algorithms, graph algorithms and game theory.[1] His fundamental contributions to the area of parameterized complexity include procedures for obtaining algorithmic lower bounds, and meta-theorems on preprocessing. Saket Saurabh was awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in Mathematical Sciences in the year 2021.[2]

Early life and education

Saurabh was born on 23 July 1980.[3] He hails from Hajipur district in Bihar. After initial schooling in Bihar at Kendriya Vidyalaya Sonepur, till class 9. He moved out. He obtained BSc (Honours) in mathematics and MSc in computer science from Chennai Mathematical Institute, Chennai. He also secured a PhD in theoretical computer science from IMSc in 2008. Before joining IMSc as a faculty member, Saket Saurabh had worked as a research assistant at University of Bergen during September 2006 to May 2007 and as a postdoctoral fellow at the same university during September 2007 to Sep 2009.[1]

Awards and recognitions

  • ACM India Early Career Researcher (ECR) Award in 2020[4]
  • Member, Academia Eurpoaea, 2020[5]
  • Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences, 2020[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Saurabh Saket". The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai. The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  2. ↑ "Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (SSB) for Science and Technology 2021 List of recipients" (PDF). SSB Prize in Science and technology. CSIR Human Resource Development Group, New Delh. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  3. ↑ "Saket Saurabh A Prof of Mathematical Sciences". Online Hindi world. 22 November 2021.
  4. ↑ "Saket Saurabh Chosen as Recipient of 2020 ACM India Early Career Researcher (ECR) Award". Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  5. ↑ "Members of The Academy of Europe". The Academy of Europe. The Academy of Europe. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "Prof. Saket Saurabh". Indian Acadrmy of Sciences, Bengaluru. Indian Acadrmy of Sciences, Bengaluru. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
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