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`!Jörg-Rüdiger Wolfgang Sack`! (born in `F33f`_`[Duisburg`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Duisburg]`_`f, Germany) is a professor of `F33f`_`[computer science`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Computer_science]`_`f at `F33f`_`[Carleton University`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Carleton_University]`_`f, where he holds the SUN–NSERC chair in Applied Parallel Computing.`:cite-ref-nserc-1-0[`F5bf`_`[1`#cite-note-nserc-1]`_`f]

Sack received a master's degree from the `F33f`_`[University of Bonn`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=University_of_Bonn]`_`f in 1979`:cite-ref-home-2-0[`F5bf`_`[2`#cite-note-home-2]`_`f] and a Ph.D. in 1984 from `F33f`_`[McGill University`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=McGill_University]`_`f, under the supervision of `F33f`_`[Godfried Toussaint`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Godfried_Toussaint]`_`f.`:cite-ref-3[`F5bf`_`[3`#cite-note-3]`_`f]

He is co-editor-in-chief of the journal `*`F33f`_`[Computational Geometry: Theory and Applications`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Computational_Geometry_(journal)]`_`f`*,`:cite-ref-4[`F5bf`_`[4`#cite-note-4]`_`f] co-editor of the `*Handbook of Computational Geometry`* (Elsevier, 2000, `F33f`_`[ISBN`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=ISBN_(identifier)]`_`f 978-0-444-82537-7), and co-editor of the proceedings of the biennial `F33f`_`[Algorithms and Data Structures Symposium (WADS)`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=SWAT_and_WADS_conferences]`_`f.`:cite-ref-5[`F5bf`_`[5`#cite-note-5]`_`f] He was a co-founding editor-in-chief of the open access `*`F33f`_`[Journal of Spatial Information Science`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Journal_of_Spatial_Information_Science]`_`f`* but is no longer an editor there.`:cite-ref-6[`F5bf`_`[6`#cite-note-6]`_`f]

Sack's research interests include `F33f`_`[computational geometry`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Computational_geometry]`_`f, `F33f`_`[parallel algorithms`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Parallel_algorithm]`_`f, and `F33f`_`[geographic information systems`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Geographic_information_system]`_`f.`:cite-ref-home-2-1[`F5bf`_`[2`#cite-note-home-2]`_`f]`:cite-ref-7[`F5bf`_`[7`#cite-note-7]`_`f]

>>References

`:cite-note-nserc-1`!1.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-nserc-1-0]`_`f SUN–NSERC Chair in Applied Parallel Computing, Carleton University.

`:cite-note-home-2`!2.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-home-2-0]`_`f Sack's web site at Carleton Archived 2010-02-13 at the `F33f`_`[Wayback Machine`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Wayback_Machine]`_`f, retrieved 2009-11-20.

`:cite-note-3`!3.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-3]`_`f Jörg-Rüdiger Wolfgang Sack at the `F33f`_`[Mathematics Genealogy Project`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Mathematics_Genealogy_Project]`_`f

`:cite-note-4`!4.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-4]`_`f Computational Geometry: Theory and Applications journal description from publisher's web site, retrieved 2009-11-20.

`:cite-note-5`!5.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-5]`_`f WADS at DBLP Archived 2015-01-03 at the `F33f`_`[Wayback Machine`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Wayback_Machine]`_`f, retrieved 2009-11-21.

`:cite-note-6`!6.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-6]`_`f Journal of Spatial Information Science Archived 2018-03-02 at the `F33f`_`[Wayback Machine`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Wayback_Machine]`_`f, retrieved 2020-02-14.

`:cite-note-7`!7.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-7]`_`f List of publications for Jörg-Rüdiger Sack at DBLP Archived 2012-10-26 at the `F33f`_`[Wayback Machine`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Wayback_Machine]`_`f.

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