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Stephen Arthur Cook is an American-Canadian computer scientist and mathematician who has made significant contributions to the fields of complexity theory and proof complexity. He is a university professor emeritus at the University of Toronto, Department of Computer Science and Department of Mathematics.

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science · American-Canadian computer scientist, contributor to complexity theory · computer scientist · university teacher · mathematician · also Stephen Cook, Stephen Arthur Cook, Stephen A. Cook, S. A. Cook, Cook

Born 14 December 1939 · Q62870

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Awarded BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2015).
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Awarded Officer of the Order of Canada (2015).
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2026· 1 entry

Jul 9, 2026Documented record69% confidence

U.S. News & World Report: Stephen Cook

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2015· 3 entries

Jun 15, 2015Documented record84% confidence

Awarded BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2015).

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Jun 15, 2015Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Officer of the Order of Canada (2015).

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Jan 1, 2015Documented record79% confidence

Published “A global reference for human genetic variation” in Nature — cited 17,853 times.

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2013· 1 entry

Jun 15, 2013Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Order of Ontario (2013).

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2012· 1 entry

Jun 15, 2012Documented record84% confidence

Won Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering (2012).

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2008· 1 entry

Jun 15, 2008Documented record84% confidence

Awarded ACM Fellow (2008).

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2006· 1 entry

Jun 15, 2006Documented record84% confidence

Awarded John L. Synge Award (2006).

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2001· 1 entry

Jan 1, 2001Documented record79% confidence

Published “Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome” in Nature — cited 18,637 times.

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1999· 2 entries

Jun 15, 1999Documented record84% confidence

Awarded CRM-Fields-PIMS prize (1999).

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Jun 15, 1999Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Gödel Lecturer (1999).

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1982· 2 entries

Jun 15, 1982Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Turing Award (1982).

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1982Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Cook received the Turing Award for his contributions to complexity theory

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1977· 1 entry

1977Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

A Killam Research Fellowship in 1982, and received the CRM-Fields-PIMS prize in 1999

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1975· 1 entry

1975Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Introduced the equational theory PV (standing for Polynomial-time Verifiable) to formalize the notion of proofs using only polynomial-time concepts

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1970· 2 entries

1970Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

As an associate professor, where he was promoted to professor in 1975 and Distinguished Professor in 1985

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1970Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

And the reception of his work on NP-completeness, leading up to his A

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1966· 1 entry

1966Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

As an assistant professor, and stayed there until 1970 when he was denied reappointment

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1961· 1 entry

1961Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

From the University of Michigan, and his master's degree and PhD from Harvard University, respectively in 1962 and 1966, from the Mathematics Department

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1939· 1 entry

Dec 14, 1939Documented record86% confidence

Born 1939-12-14.

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