Honoring David S. Johnson: A Tribute to a Pioneering Computer Scientist 🖥️

Mihalis Yannakakis presents "David S. Johnson: Pioneer, Colleague, Friend" in the Tribute to David S. Johnson held on May 23, 2023 as part of the DIMACS Workshop on Computational Approaches to Vehicle Routing. Among his many contributions, David Johnson was the founder of the DIMACS Implementation Challenges and an early proponent of analyzing algorithms through computational experimentation. The Tribute to David S. Johnson highlighted a wide range of David's research, including his foundational contributions to theoretical computer science and his championing of experimental algorithmics. His work in these areas continues to offer inspiration and guidance to people working in CS and related fields.