Endre Szemerédi

Endre Szemerédi is the State of New Jersey Professor of Computer Science at Rutgers University and Professor Emeritus at the Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics. A pioneer in discrete mathematics, he proved Szemerédi's theorem on arithmetic progressions and developed the Szemerédi regularity lemma. His work bridges combinatorics, computer science, and number theory.

Education includes studies at Eötvös Loránd University and a Ph.D. from Moscow State University under Israel Gelfand. Szemerédi has held visiting positions at Stanford University, McGill University, University of South Carolina, and University of Chicago.

Research fundamentally advanced extremal graph theory, combinatorial number theory, and randomized algorithms. Contributions include the Szemerédi-Trotter theorem and the Hajnal-Szemerédi theorem.

• Abel Prize (2012) for discrete mathematics contributions
• Rolf Schock Prize (2008) for work on arithmetic progressions
• Leroy P. Steele Prize (2008) for seminal research