Selected Honors and Distinctions
- Member, National Academy of Engineering, 1985
- Founding Chair, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, National Academies, 1986–92, 2005-
- Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Scholar, California Institute of Technology, 1991-2
- Distinguished Senior Scientist Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, 1992, 1998
- 1993 Lezione Lincee, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome, Italy
- Lecture, Presidium, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, USSR 1990
- Member, Scientific Council, Institut en Recherche en Informatique, Paris, France, 1976–1980
- First Prize, Ministry of Education, Poland, for the research monograph "Information-Based Complexity", 1989
- 1991 Emanuel R. Piore Medal, IEEE
- 1992 Distinguished Service Award, Computing Research Association
- Board of Governors, New York Academy of Sciences, 1986-9 (Executive Committee 1987-89)
- Fellow: American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1971; ACM 1994; New York Academy of Sciences, 1999
- 1999 New York City Mayor's Award for Excellence in Science and Technology
- Search Committee, President, National Academy of Engineering 1994-5
- Festschrift for Joseph F. Traub, Academic Press, 1993
- Festschrift for Joseph F. Traub, Elsevier, 2004
- Honorary Doctorate of Science, University of Central Florida, 2001
- Founding Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Complexity, 1985-
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