Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli computer scientist best known for his contribution to self-stabilization”. Today it says “rita altura trust chair professor in computer science at ben-gurion university of the negev”.
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Shlomi Dolev ( ) is an Israeli computer scientist best known for his contribution to self-stabilization . He is a professor at the Computer Science Department of the Ben-Gurion University , Israel . He has published numerous papers in the area of distributed computing . He is the author of a text book on self-stabilization. Jakubczyc (2002) harvtxt error: no target: CITEREFJakubczyc2002 ( help ) . See Gregson (2001) harvtxt error: no target: CITEREFGregson2001 ( help ) and Jakubczyc (2002) harvtxt error: no target: CITEREFJakubczyc2002 ( help ) for book reviews.1
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Shlomi Dolev ( , born December 5, 1958) is a Rita Altura Trust Chair Professor in Computer Science at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and the head of the BGU Negev Hi-Tech Faculty Startup Accelerator.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Shlomi Dolev ( ; born December 5, 1958) is a Rita Altura Trust Chair Professor in Computer Science at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and the head of the BGU Negev Hi-Tech Faculty Startup Accelerator.
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Shlomi Dolev ( Hebrew : שלומי דולב ; born December 5, 1958) is a Rita Altura Trust Chair Professor in Computer Science at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and the head of the BGU Negev Hi-Tech Faculty Startup Accelerator.
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israeli computer scientist best known for his contribution to self-stabilization
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rita altura trust chair professor in computer science at ben-gurion university of the negev
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