Network Science and Technology Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
Dr. Boleslaw K. Szymanski is the Claire and Roland Schmitt Distinguished Professor, was the Director of the ARL Social and Cognitive Networks Academic Research Center and is the Director of the Rensselaer Network Science and Technology (NeST) Center. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Institute of Informatics of National Academy of Science in Warsaw, Poland, in 1976. He published over 600 scientific articles, is a foreign member of the National Academy of Science in Poland and an IEEE Fellow and was a National Lecturer for the ACM. In 2009, he received the Wilkes Medal of British Computer Society, in 2003, William H. Wiley 1866 Distinguished Faculty Award from RPI and Service Award from Network Science Society in 2021. His current research interests focus on computer networks and technology-based social networks.