Erez Petrank () is a

computer scientist A computer scientist is a scientist who specializes in the academic study of computer science. Computer scientists typically work on the theoretical side of computation. Although computer scientists can also focus their work and research on ...

whose notable research contributions are in the fields of

programming languages A programming language is a system of notation for writing computer programs. Programming languages are described in terms of their syntax (form) and semantics (meaning), usually defined by a formal language. Languages usually provide features ...

and

computer systems A computer is a machine that can be Computer programming, programmed to automatically Execution (computing), carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations (''computation''). Modern digital electronic computers can perform generic set ...

(mostly on

memory management Memory management (also dynamic memory management, dynamic storage allocation, or dynamic memory allocation) is a form of Resource management (computing), resource management applied to computer memory. The essential requirement of memory manag ...

cryptography Cryptography, or cryptology (from "hidden, secret"; and ''graphein'', "to write", or ''-logy, -logia'', "study", respectively), is the practice and study of techniques for secure communication in the presence of Adversary (cryptography), ...

(mostly on theoretical foundations),

computational complexity In computer science, the computational complexity or simply complexity of an algorithm is the amount of resources required to run it. Particular focus is given to computation time (generally measured by the number of needed elementary operations ...

, and

parallel computing Parallel computing is a type of computing, computation in which many calculations or Process (computing), processes are carried out simultaneously. Large problems can often be divided into smaller ones, which can then be solved at the same time. ...

. Petrank is currently (2024) a professor of

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at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, where he holds the Andrew and Erna Viterbi Chair. Petrank has published more than ninety papers in top conferences and journals with more than 7000 citations and an

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of 49 (computed by Google Scholar). He has served as the program chair of the International Symposium on Memory Management, the ACM SIGPLAN/SIGOPS International Conference on Virtual Execution Environments (VEE), the ACM SIGPLAN Symposium on Principles and Practice of Parallel Programming (PPOPP), and the ACM Symposium on Parallelism in Algorithms and Architectures (SPAA). From 2009 to 2012, Petrank served on the

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SIGPLAN SIGPLAN is the Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group (SIG) on programming languages. This SIG explores programming language concepts and tools, focusing on design, implementation, practice, and theory. Its members are progra ...

Executive Committee. Professor Petrank is married to Yael Petrank, who holds a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering and is actively involved in the development of medical devices. Together, they are parents to three children: Dana, Maya, and Iddo.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Petrank, Erez Living people Israeli computer scientists Academic staff of Technion – Israel Institute of Technology Year of birth missing (living people)