Background
Dobkin, David Paul was born on February 29, 1948 in Pittsburgh. Son of Ben G. and Sylvia June (Swartz) Dobkin.
Dean computer science professor
Dobkin, David Paul was born on February 29, 1948 in Pittsburgh. Son of Ben G. and Sylvia June (Swartz) Dobkin.
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1970. Master of Science, Harvard University, 1971. Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Mathematics, Harvard University, 1973.
Assistant professor computer science Yale University, New Haven, 1973-1978. Associate professor University Arizona, Tucson, 1978-1981. Professor department computer science Princeton University, New Jersey, since 1981, chair department computer science, 1994—2003, Phillip Y. Goldman '86 professor computer science, since 1999, dean of faculty, since 2003.
Fellow: Association Computing Machinery. Member: Society Industrial & Applied Mathematics, American Mathematics Society.
Married Kathy Ellen Kram, September 6, 1970 (divorced December 1976). Married Suzanne Ruth Gespass, April 17, 1983. Children: Sarah Emily, Jane Beatrice.