Joseph Sifakis

Joseph Sifakis
Born26 December 1946 (1946-12-26) (age 79)
CitizenshipGreek-French
EducationNational Technical University of Athens (BS)
University of Grenoble (MS, PhD)
Known forModel checking
SpouseOlga Ioannidi
AwardsTuring Award (2007), Leonardo da Vinci Medal (2012)
Member
French Academy of Engineering (2008), French Academy of Sciences (2010), Academia Europaea (2008), American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2015), National Academy of Engineering (2017), Chinese Academy of Sciences (2019), National Academy of Sciences (2024).
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
InstitutionsCNRS, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Notable studentsStavros Tripakis, Susanne Graf, Sergio Yovine, Ahmed Bouajjani

Joseph Sifakis (Greek: Ιωσήφ Σηφάκης; born 26 December 1946) is a Greek-French computer scientist. He received the 2007 Turing Award, along with Edmund M. Clarke and E. Allen Emerson, for his work on model checking.