In 1995 he was given the degree of doctor of science honoris causa by the University of Maine.
In 2002 he was given the title of honorary professor by the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina.
In 2009 he was given the degree of doctor of philosophy honoris causa by the National University of Córdoba.
He attended the Bronx High School of Science and City College of New York.
Is an Argentine-American mathematician and computer scientist. He is considered to be one of the founders of what is today known as Kolmogorov complexity together with Andrei Kolmogorov and Ray Solomonoff.