Background
Pippenger, Nicholas John was born on March 14, 1947 in Abington, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Robert and Mary Emma Pippenger.
educator mathematician researcher computer scientist
Pippenger, Nicholas John was born on March 14, 1947 in Abington, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Robert and Mary Emma Pippenger.
Bachelor of Science, Shimer College, 1965. Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1967. Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1969.
Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1974.
Member technical staff Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1969—1973. Member research staff International Business Machines Corporation Corporation, Yorktown Heights, New York, 1973—1980, San Jose, California, 1980—1987, fellow, 1987—1989. Professor University British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 1988—2000, research chair, 2000—2003.
Professor Princeton University, New Jersey, 2003—2006, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, California, since 2006.
Fellow: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Association Computing Machinery, Academy of Sciences, Royal Society of Canada. Member: Mathematics Association of America, American Mathematics Society, Society Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
Married Maria Margaret Klawe, May 12, 1980. Children: Janek Evan Klawe, Sasha Kathleen.