Scott Smolka

Biography

Scott A. Smolka earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Brown University in 1984; M.A. and B.A. in Mathematics from Boston University in 1977 and 1975, respectively. Scott A. Smolka is a recipient of the Fellow of the European Association of Theoretical Computer Science, since 2016; Research Excellence Award, Department of Computer Science, Stony Brook University, 2012; Best Paper Award, Second International Conference on Runtime Verification (RV’11), 2011; 2008-2009 President/Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities, 2009; Computer Science Department Certificate of Appreciation for departmental, university and community service, especially his leadership role in CS@35, the day-long event/fundraiser celebrating the Computer Science Department’s 35th anniversary, 2006.

Research Interest

Model Checking, Semantics of Concurrency, CASE Tools for Safety-Critical Systems, Distributed Languages and Algorithms.