Janusz Szczesny Kowalik
Mathematics and computer science educator, executive
Born Feb. 28, 1934, Krzemieniec, Poland; came to U.S., 1967; son of Wladyslaw and Zofia (Masio); married Krystyna (Jermakowicz).
Education: Master of Science (M.S.), Technical University of Gdansk (Poland), 1957; Ph.D., Polish Acad.emy of Sciences, Warsaw, 1961.
Career: prof. (computer science), Concordia University, Montreal (Canada), 1973-74; prof. (mathematics and computer science), Washington State University, Pullman, 1974-83, University of Washington, Seattle, 1984 -; manager, Research & Technology, Boeing Company, Seattle, 1983 -.
Author: co-author, Discrete Optimization Algorithms, 1983; editor, High Speed Computation, 1984, 1989, Software for Parallel Computation, 1993; editor, Scientific and Engineering Computation (Massachusetts Institute of Technology book series); over 50 professional papers.
Member of: Association for Computing Machinery; American Association for Artificial Intelligence.
Honors: advanced research workshop, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Science Council, Brussels (Belgium), 1983, 1988, 1992.
Languages: Polish, Russian, English.
Hobbies: skiing, swimming, running.
Home: 16477 107th Place NE. Bothell, WA 98011.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996