# Bill Tomlinson

> American scientist, University of California, Irvine

**Wikidata**: [Q4911168](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4911168)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Tomlinson)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/bill-tomlinson

## Summary
Bill Tomlinson (William Michael Tomlinson, Jr.) is an American computer scientist and university teacher. He is known for his academic career in computer science, including a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2002) and faculty roles at the University of California, Irvine and Victoria University of Wellington.

## Biography
- Born: 1972-11-06
- Nationality: United States
- Education: Bachelor of Arts, Harvard College (1994); Master of Fine Arts, California Institute of the Arts (1996); Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2002)
- Known for: Academic research and university teaching in computer science; doctoral supervision
- Employer(s): University of California, Irvine; Victoria University of Wellington
- Field(s): Computer science, university teaching

## Contributions
Bill Tomlinson completed a Ph.D. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2002 under advisor Bruce Mitchell Blumberg. He has held faculty and research roles at the University of California, Irvine and has been employed by Victoria University of Wellington. Tomlinson has supervised doctoral students who went on to complete research degrees, including Eric P.S. Baumer and Joel Ross (Joel Ross: Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, 2012). His scholarly output is indexed across major bibliographic and citation services, with identifiers including DBLP author id 60/1286, Scopus author id 13008588900, Google Scholar id -jW6ADwAAAAJ, and Springer Nature person id 012720717263.60. These authority records indicate a published research record in computer science and related academic activities. Tomlinson also appears in multiple library and authority control systems (ISNI 0000000114957637, VIAF 96748354), which document and provide access to his body of work.

## FAQs
### Q: What is Bill Tomlinson's field of expertise?
A: He is a computer scientist and university teacher working in computer science.

### Q: Where did Bill Tomlinson receive his doctoral degree?
A: He earned a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2002. His doctoral advisor was Bruce Mitchell Blumberg.

### Q: Where has Bill Tomlinson worked?
A: He has held positions at the University of California, Irvine and has been employed by Victoria University of Wellington.

### Q: Who are some of Bill Tomlinson's doctoral students?
A: Documented doctoral students include Eric P.S. Baumer and Joel Ross (Joel Ross completed a Ph.D. at the University of California, Irvine in 2012).

## Why They Matter
Bill Tomlinson’s significance lies in his sustained role as an academic researcher and mentor within computer science. His Ph.D. from MIT and subsequent faculty appointments position him within the scholarly infrastructure of the field. The presence of his work across major bibliographic and citation systems (DBLP, Scopus, Google Scholar, Springer Nature) and in national/library authority records (ISNI, VIAF, Library of Congress) demonstrates that he has produced a body of scholarship that is discoverable and citable by other researchers. His supervision of doctoral students such as Eric P.S. Baumer and Joel Ross indicates direct mentorship contributions to training the next generation of researchers. Without his academic and mentoring activities, the particular research outputs and trained scholars tied to his supervision and publications would be different; his recorded identifiers and institutional affiliations provide the verifiable trail of that contribution.

## Notable For
- Earning a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2002 under advisor Bruce Mitchell Blumberg.
- Faculty and research roles at the University of California, Irvine.
- Employment record including Victoria University of Wellington.
- Supervision of doctoral students, including Joel Ross (Ph.D., UC Irvine, 2012) and Eric P.S. Baumer.
- Presence in major academic and authority databases (DBLP author id 60/1286; Scopus author id 13008588900; Google Scholar id -jW6ADwAAAAJ; ISNI 0000000114957637; VIAF 96748354).

## Body

### Early life and education
- Born 1972-11-06.
- Undergraduate: Bachelor of Arts, Harvard College, completed 1994.
- Graduate: Master of Fine Arts, California Institute of the Arts, completed 1996.
- Doctorate: Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, completed 2002. Doctoral advisor: Bruce Mitchell Blumberg.

### Academic positions and employers
- University of California, Irvine — listed as an employer/affiliation.
- Victoria University of Wellington — listed as an employer.
- Roles include university teacher and computer scientist (as occupational designations).

### Research, publications, and scholarly record
- Authorship and publication record are indexed in multiple scholarly databases:
  - DBLP author id: 60/1286
  - Scopus author id: 13008588900
  - Google Scholar author id: -jW6ADwAAAAJ
  - Springer Nature person id / Dimensions author id: 012720717263.60
- These identifiers document a corpus of published research in computer science and make his work discoverable to peers and students.

### Mentorship and doctoral students
- Doctoral advisor: Bruce Mitchell Blumberg.
- Documented doctoral students:
  - Eric P.S. Baumer
  - Joel Ross (Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, 2012)
  - Additional named students: Six Silberman, Ankita Raturi, Juliet Norton

### Authority control and identifiers
- ISNI: 0000000114957637
- VIAF: 96748354
- GND: 141267577
- Library of Congress authority id: n2009053016
- Other identifiers: idref 153800216; bibsys 10032424; ACM DL author id 81100457381; mathematics genealogy project id 131678.

### Affiliations and metadata
- Citizenship: United States
- Given names: William Michael (William Michael Tomlinson, Jr.)
- Instance: Human; sex/gender: male
- Wikipedia title: Bill Tomlinson

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## References

1. Mathematics Genealogy Project
2. [Source](https://www.ics.uci.edu/~wmt/cvTomlinson.pdf)
3. [ORCID Public Data File 2023](https://pub.orcid.org/v3.0/0000-0002-8386-4730/employment/19355445)
4. [ORCID Public Data File 2023](https://pub.orcid.org/v3.0/0000-0002-8386-4730/employment/19355443)
5. Virtual International Authority File
6. Library of Congress Name Authority File
7. [SciGraph](https://scigraph.springernature.com/person.012720717263.60)