# Sam Toueg

> computer scientist

**Wikidata**: [Q30789634](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30789634)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/sam-toueg

## Summary
Sam Toueg is a computer scientist and professor known for his academic career at Cornell University and the University of Toronto. He is a recipient of the Dijkstra Prize (2010) and has supervised multiple doctoral students who became active researchers in computer science.

## Biography
- Education: Princeton University (educated at)
- Known for: Academic research and mentorship in computer science; recipient of the Dijkstra Prize (2010)
- Employer(s): University of Toronto; Cornell University
- Field(s): Computer science
- Occupation: Professor; computer scientist
- Given name: Sam
- Family name: Toueg
- Sex/Gender: Male

## Contributions
Sam Toueg’s documented contributions are primarily academic and include sustained research output and doctoral supervision. He is indexed in major bibliographic databases under dblp (author id t/SamToueg), MathSciNet (MR author id 205917), and zbMATH (toueg.sam), indicating a body of published work. Toueg served on the faculty at Cornell University and the University of Toronto, where he supervised doctoral students who went on to academic and research careers; recorded doctoral students include Gilbert Neiger, Amr El Abbadi, Lorenzo Alvisi, Marcos Kawazoe Aguilera, Wei Chen, and Tushar Deepak Chandra. His work was formally recognized with the Dijkstra Prize in 2010. Toueg’s doctoral advisor was Kenneth Steiglitz. These concrete outcomes—peer-reviewed publications indexed in major services, formal doctoral supervision of several researchers, and receipt of a major community prize—constitute the verifiable record of his career in the source material.

## FAQs
### Q: Who is Sam Toueg?
A: Sam Toueg is a computer scientist and professor who has held positions at Cornell University and the University of Toronto. He is recorded in major publication databases and won the Dijkstra Prize in 2010.

### Q: What notable award has Sam Toueg received?
A: He received the Dijkstra Prize in 2010.

### Q: Who supervised Sam Toueg’s doctoral work?
A: His doctoral advisor was Kenneth Steiglitz.

## Why They Matter
Sam Toueg matters in computer science primarily through his combination of scholarly publication, formal mentorship, and community recognition. His publications are indexed in dblp, MathSciNet, and zbMATH, making his contributions discoverable and citable in the academic record. He formally trained a number of doctoral students—Gilbert Neiger, Amr El Abbadi, Lorenzo Alvisi, Marcos Kawazoe Aguilera, Wei Chen, and Tushar Deepak Chandra—who themselves pursued research careers; that mentorship extends his influence through subsequent generations of research and teaching. The Dijkstra Prize awarded to him in 2010 represents peer recognition by a professional community. Without his documented supervision and publications, the careers of those he advised and the specific results recorded under his author identifiers would be absent from the bibliographic and academic lineage records preserved by services such as MathSciNet and the Mathematics Genealogy Project.

## Notable For
- Recipient of the Dijkstra Prize (2010).
- Faculty appointments at Cornell University and the University of Toronto.
- Doctoral advisor: Kenneth Steiglitz.
- Supervised multiple doctoral students who became researchers (Gilbert Neiger; Amr El Abbadi; Lorenzo Alvisi; Marcos Kawazoe Aguilera; Wei Chen; Tushar Deepak Chandra).
- Publication and author records in dblp (t/SamToueg), MathSciNet (MR 205917), and zbMATH (toueg.sam).

## Body
### Education and Academic Lineage
- Educated at Princeton University (institution recorded in source).
- Doctoral advisor: Kenneth Steiglitz (recorded).

### Academic Positions
- Held faculty positions at Cornell University.
- Held faculty positions at the University of Toronto.

### Supervision and Mentorship
- Documented doctoral students:
  - Gilbert Neiger
  - Amr El Abbadi
  - Lorenzo Alvisi
  - Marcos Kawazoe Aguilera
  - Wei Chen
  - Tushar Deepak Chandra
- These supervisees are recorded in the source as Toueg’s doctoral students.

### Publications and Indexing
- dblp author id: t/SamToueg (indicates publications indexed in DBLP).
- MathSciNet author id (MR author id): 205917.
- zbMATH author id: toueg.sam.
- Presence in these databases is a concrete indicator of a published body of work.

### Awards and Recognition
- Award: Dijkstra Prize, awarded in 2010 (source-provided).

### Identifiers and Metadata
- aliases: Toueg Sam
- instance_of: human
- sex_or_gender: male
- mathematics_genealogy_project_id: 73551 (preferred), 82081
- maintained_by_wikiproject: WikiProject Mathematics
- dblp_author_id: t/SamToueg
- mr_author_id: 205917
- zbmath_author_id: toueg.sam

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## References

1. Mathematics Genealogy Project
2. [Source](https://eatcs.org/index.php/dijkstra-prize/1071)