Name Paul Ginsparg | Role Physicist Known for arXiv | |
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Born Paul Henry Ginsparg January 1, 1955 (age 69) ( 1955-01-01 ) Thesis Aspects of Symmetry Behavior in Quantum Field Theory (1981) Similar People Kenneth G Wilson, Andrew Dickson White, Carlo Rubbia | ||
Notable awards MacArthur Fellowship | ||
"Rise of the Machines: Deep Learning from Backgammon to Skynet," Paul Ginsparg Cornell University
Paul Henry Ginsparg (born January 1, 1955) is a physicist. He developed the arXiv.org e-print archive.
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- Rise of the Machines Deep Learning from Backgammon to Skynet Paul Ginsparg Cornell University
- The Development of ArXivorg Paul Ginsparg
- Education
- Career in physics
- Awards
- Publications
- Family
- References
The Development of ArXiv.org - Paul Ginsparg
Education
He is a graduate of Syosset High School in Syosset, New York. He graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts in physics and from Cornell University with a PhD in theoretical particle physics with a thesis titled Aspects of Symmetry Behavior in Quantum Field Theory.
Career in physics
Ginsparg was a junior fellow and taught in the physics department at Harvard University until 1990. The pre-print archive was developed while he was a member of staff of Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1990–2001. Since 2001, Ginsparg has been a professor of Physics and Computing & Information Science at Cornell University.
He has published physics papers in the areas of quantum field theory, string theory, conformal field theory, and quantum gravity. He often comments on the changing world of physics in the Information Age.
Awards
He has been awarded the P.A.M. (Physics-Astronomy-Math) Award from the Special Libraries Association, named a Lingua Franca "Tech 20", elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society, awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2002, received the Council of Science Editors Award for Meritorious Achievement, and received the Paul Evans Peters Award from Educause, ARL, and CNI. He was a Radcliffe Institute Fellow in 2008–2009. He was named a White House Champion of Change June 2013.
Publications
Family
He has two children - a daughter, Miryam Ginsparg (b. 2000), and a son, Noam Ginsparg (b. 2004). His wife is Laura Jones, a mathematical biologist and researcher.