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Jennifer Tour Chayes

1956 - Today

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Jennifer Tour Chayes is dean of the college of computing, data science, and society at the University of California, Berkeley. Before joining Berkeley, she was a technical fellow and managing director of Microsoft Research New England in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which she founded in 2008, and Microsoft Research New York City, which she founded in 2012. Chayes is best known for her work on phase transitions in discrete mathematics and computer science, structural and dynamical properties of self-engineered networks, and algorithmic game theory. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jennifer Tour Chayes has received more than 94,644 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Jennifer Tour Chayes is the 996th most popular mathematician, the 17,303rd most popular biography from United States and the 102nd most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Jennifer Tour Chayes ranks 996 out of 1,004. Before her are Steven Strogatz, Robert J. Lang, Svetlana Jitomirskaya, Akshay Venkatesh, Lai-Sang Young, and Daniel J. Bernstein. After her are Pietro Boselli, Ben Green, Noam Elkies, Hannah Fry, and Gian-Carlo Rota.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Jennifer Tour Chayes ranks 798. Before her are Ashoke Sen, Pat McCrory, Ann Curry, Carol V. Robinson, Arundhati Bhattacharya, and Gerald Henderson. After her are George Burley, Deborah Birx, Beverley Goddard, Bill Ritter, Tessa Sanderson, and Gillian Rolton.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jennifer Tour Chayes ranks 17,303 out of 20,380. Before her are Evan Taubenfeld (1983), Darren Barnet (1991), Joe Flacco (1985), Scott Walker (1967), Yolanda Griffith (1970), and Jaz Sinclair (1994). After her are Michelle Shocked (1962), Mark Neveldine (1973), Courtney Jines (1992), Gina McCarthy (1954), Ginuwine (1970), and Erik von Detten (1982).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Jennifer Tour Chayes ranks 102. Before her are Sal Khan (1976), Joan Birman (1927), Daniel Lewin (1970), Steven Strogatz (1959), Robert J. Lang (1961), and Daniel J. Bernstein (1971). After her are Noam Elkies (1966).

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