June 14, 2024
Jon Kleinberg, ’93, the Tisch University Professor of Computer Science in the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science, has been selected as a member of the American Philosophical Society (APS).
Kleinberg’s research centers around algorithms and networks, their role in social and information systems, and their impact on society. He is one of 37 new members from diverse fields welcomed into the society this year.
"I am profoundly grateful to receive this recognition from the American Philosophical Society, and to be able to take part in an organization with distinguished people from across so many fields," Kleinberg said.
Founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1743, the APS is the oldest learned society in the U.S. and has a mission of "promoting useful knowledge" through research, fellowships, and public outreach. Its membership comprises outstanding scholars selected from a range of fields and has included George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Charles Darwin, Thomas Edison, Louis Pasteur, Albert Einstein, and Robert Frost. Twenty-eight Cornell faculty have been named to its membership, including Éva Tardos, the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Computer Science.
In addition to this honor, Kleinberg has been selected for MacArthur, Packard, Simons, and Sloan Foundation fellowships, as well as multiple awards including the 2014 ACM/AAAI Allen Newell Award, the Nevanlinna Prize, the Lanchester Prize, and the ACM Prize in Computing. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has served on the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Advisory Committee of the National Science Foundation and the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board (CSTB) of the National Research Council. He is currently a member of the National AI Advisory Committee (NAIAC), which advises the president and the National AI Initiative Office on issues relating to artificial intelligence.
Kleinberg has authored many scientific publications, as well as a textbook on computer algorithms, "Algorithm Design," co-authored with Tardos, and "Networks, Crowds, and Markets: Reasoning about a Highly Connected World," co-authored with David Easley, the Henry Scarborough Professor of Social Science in the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of information science.
An alumnus of Cornell, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in computer science in 1993 and a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1996.