Benjamin C. Pierce

American professor of computer science
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Benjamin C. Pierce

Summary

Benjamin C. Pierce is a human[1]. He was born on January 1, 1963[2]. He worked as a computer scientist[3], engineer[4], and university teacher[5]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (56 views/month, #7,287 of 1,000,298).[6]

Key Facts

  • Benjamin C. Pierce was born on January 1, 1963[2].
  • Benjamin C. Pierce held citizenship in United States[7].
  • Benjamin C. Pierce worked as a computer scientist[3].
  • Benjamin C. Pierce's professions included engineer[4].
  • Benjamin C. Pierce's professions included university teacher[5].
  • Among Benjamin C. Pierce's employers was University of Pennsylvania[8].
  • Benjamin C. Pierce's doctoral advisor was Robert Harper[9].
  • Benjamin C. Pierce's doctoral advisor was John C. Reynolds[10].
  • Benjamin C. Pierce received the ACM Fellow[11].
  • Benjamin C. Pierce was a member of Association for Computing Machinery[12].
  • Benjamin C. Pierce is recorded as male[13].
  • Benjamin C. Pierce's instance of is recorded as human[14].
  • Benjamin C. Pierce supervised Michael Y. Levin as a doctoral student[15].
  • Benjamin C. Pierce supervised Vladimir Gapeyev as a doctoral student[16].
  • Benjamin C. Pierce supervised Uwe Nestmann as a doctoral student[17].
  • Benjamin C. Pierce supervised John Nathan Foster as a doctoral student[18].
  • Benjamin C. Pierce supervised Michael Greenberg as a doctoral student[19].
  • Benjamin C. Pierce supervised Justin Hsu as a doctoral student[20].
  • Benjamin C. Pierce supervised Leonidas Lampropoulos as a doctoral student[21].
  • Benjamin C. Pierce supervised Arthur Azevedo de Amorim as a doctoral student[22].
  • Benjamin C. Pierce's family name is recorded as Pierce[23].
  • Benjamin C. Pierce's given name is recorded as Benjamin[24].
  • Benjamin C. Pierce's given name is recorded as Crawford[25].
  • Benjamin C. Pierce's official website is recorded as http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce[26].
  • Benjamin C. Pierce's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[27].

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Origins and Family

Benjamin C. Pierce was born on January 1, 1963[2].

Education

Doctoral advisors include Robert Harper[9], an engineer[28], b. 1957[29], awarded the ACM Fellow[30] and John C. Reynolds[10], a computer scientist[31], 1935–2013[32], of United States[33], awarded the Lovelace Medal[34].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include computer scientist[3], engineer[4], and university teacher[5]. Benjamin C. Pierce was employed by University of Pennsylvania[8]. Doctoral students include Michael Y. Levin[15]; Vladimir Gapeyev[16]; Uwe Nestmann[17], a computer scientist[35], b. 1967[36], of Germany[37]; John Nathan Foster[18]; Michael Greenberg[19], a computer scientist[38], of United States[39]; and Justin Hsu[20], a computer scientist[40].

Recognition

Benjamin C. Pierce received the ACM Fellow[11].

Why It Matters

Benjamin C. Pierce ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (56 views/month, #7,287 of 1,000,298).[6] He is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

His notable doctoral advisees include Uwe Nestmann[42], a computer scientist[43], b. 1967[44], of Germany[45]; Justin Hsu[46], a computer scientist[47]; and Michael Greenberg[48], a computer scientist[49], of United States[50].

FAQs

What did Benjamin C. Pierce do for work?

Benjamin C. Pierce worked as computer scientist[3], engineer[4], and university teacher[5].

What awards did Benjamin C. Pierce receive?

Honors received include ACM Fellow[11].

References

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  1. [13] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [14] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . editors.eptcs.org. Retrieved . editors.eptcs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . editors.eptcs.org. Retrieved . editors.eptcs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . awards.acm.org. Retrieved . awards.acm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [9] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  10. [10] . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  12. [16] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  13. [17] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  14. [18] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  15. [19] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  16. [20] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  17. [21] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  18. [22] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  19. [12] . acm.org. Retrieved . acm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [2] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . editors.eptcs.org. Retrieved . editors.eptcs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [42] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [46] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [48] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  16. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  17. [47] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  18. [49] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  19. [50] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [6] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Given name Benjamin, Crawford
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    Doctoral student Michael Y. Levin, Vladimir Gapeyev, Uwe Nestmann +5
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