Prakash Panangaden
Prakash Panangaden FRS FRSC | |
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Panangaden in 2025 | |
| Born | March 11, 1954 Pune, Maharashtra, India |
| Nationality | American/Canadian |
| Alma mater | IIT Kanpur University of Chicago University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee University of Utah |
| Known for | Markov processes, programming language theory, concurrency theory and quantum field theory in curved space-time |
| Spouse | |
| Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (2013) Fellow of the Royal Society (2025) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer Science, Physics |
| Institutions | Cornell University, McGill University |
| Doctoral advisor | Leonard Parker |
| Website | www |
Prakash Panangaden is an American/Canadian computer scientist noted for his research in programming language theory, concurrency theory, Markov processes and duality theory. Earlier he worked on quantum field theory in curved space-time and radiation from black holes. He is the founding Chair of the ACM Special Interest Group on Logic and Computation (ACM SIGLOG).