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Moshe Vardi

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Moshe Ya'akov Vardi ( Hebrew : משה יעקב ורדי ) MAE ForMemRS is an Israeli theoretical computer scientist . He is the Karen Ostrum George Distinguished Service Professor in Computational Engineering at Rice University , United States. and a faculty advisor for the Ken Kennedy Institute. His interests focus on applications of logic to computer science, including database theory , finite model theory , knowledge of multi-agent systems , computer-aided verification and reasoning, and teaching logic across the curriculum. He is an expert in model checking , constraint satisfaction and database theory , common knowledge (logic) , and theoretical computer science . Vardi has authored or co-authored over 700 technical papers as well as editing several collections. He is senior editor of Communications of the ACM , after serving as its editor-in-chief for a decade. National Academy of Sciences . Rice University computer scientist Moshe Vardi has been named a Distinguished Service Professor, one of the university's most prestigious faculty appointments. Moshe Vardi author profile page at the ACM Digital Library Winslett, Marianne (2006). Finite model theory and its applications .

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professor of computer science at rice university

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israeli theoretical computer scientist

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