David Parkes named professor of computer science

David C. Parkes, a leader in research at the nexus of computer science and economics, has been appointed Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science in Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences(SEAS).
          
Parkes, 35, was previously John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Natural Sciences and associate professor of computer science at Harvard, where he has been on the faculty since 2001.

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