Leonid Levin Elected to the National Academy of Sciences

On April 30, 2019, Professor Leonid Levin, BU Department of Computer Science, CAS was elected as a new member by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). Professor Levin is 1 of 100 new members joining a group of 2,347 members, representing 25 countries. The NAS is a society of “distinguished scholars charged with providing independent, objective advice to the nation on matters related to science and technology.”

About the NAS

The National Academy of Sciences was established in 1863 by an Act of Congress, signed by President Lincoln, as a private, non-governmental institution to advise the nation on issues related to science and technology. Members are elected by their peers for outstanding contributions to research.

Professor Levin is a Fellow of the Hariri Institute for Computing where his areas of interest include computation theory; randomness in computing; algorithmic complexity and intractability; fault-tolerance, symmetry breaking, and adversarial computations; foundations of math, computer science, and probability; and information theory.

Congratulations to Professor Levin on this achievement!

BU Today Article: “Leonid Levin Chosen to Join Ranks of National Academy of Sciences.”