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Also Known As Leslie Gabriel Valiant
Born March 28, 1949 (age 77) • Budapest • Hungary
Awards And Honors Turing Award (2010) • Rolf Nevanlinna Prize (1986)
Subjects Of Study learning theory • computational complexity
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