  endre szemerÃ©di (; born august 21, 1940) is an hungarian-american mathematician, working in the field of combinatorics and theoretical computer science. he has been the state of new jersey professor of computer science at rutgers university since 1986. szemerÃ©di has won prizes in mathematics and science, including the abel prize in 2012. he has also made a number of discoveries in combinatorics and computer science, including szemerÃ©di's theorem, the szemerÃ©di regularity lemma, the erdÅsâszemerÃ©di theorem, the hajnalâszemerÃ©di theorem and the szemerÃ©diâtrotter theorem. ==early life== szemerÃ©di was born in budapest, studied in eÃ¶tvÃ¶s lorÃ¡nd university in budapest and received his phd from moscow state university. his adviser was israel gelfand. ==academic career== szemerÃ©di has been the state of new jersey professor of computer science at rutgers university since 1986. he has held visiting positions at stanford university (1974), mcgill university (1980), the university of south carolina (1981â1983) and the university of chicago (1985â1986). ==work== endre szemerÃ©di has published over 200 scientific articles in the fields of discrete mathematics, theoretical computer science, arithmetic combinatorics and discrete geometry.some publications at mathscienet he is best known for his proof from 1975 of an old conjecture of [[
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