Brent Waters

American computer scientist
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Brent Waters

Summary

Brent Waters is a human[1]. He worked as a computer scientist[2]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month, #7,288 of 1,000,298).[3]

Key Facts

  • Brent Waters's professions included computer scientist[2].
  • Brent Waters's field of work was theoretical computer science[4].
  • Among Brent Waters's employers was University of Texas at Austin[5].
  • Brent Waters's education included a stint at Princeton University[6].
  • Brent Waters's education included a stint at University of California, Los Angeles[7].
  • Brent Waters's doctoral advisor was Amit Sahai[8].
  • Brent Waters's doctoral advisor was Edward Felten[9].
  • Brent Waters received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers[10].
  • Brent Waters received the Grace Murray Hopper Award[11].
  • Brent Waters received the Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering[12].
  • Brent Waters received the ACM Fellow[13].
  • Brent Waters was a member of Association for Computing Machinery[14].
  • Brent Waters is recorded as male[15].
  • Brent Waters's instance of is recorded as human[16].
  • Brent Waters supervised Allison Bishop as a doctoral student[17].
  • Brent Waters's Mathematics Genealogy Project ID is recorded as 99959[18].
  • Brent Waters's family name is recorded as Waters[19].
  • Brent Waters's given name is recorded as Brent[20].
  • Brent Waters's zbMATH author ID is recorded as waters.brent[21].
  • Brent Waters's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11h6_jd8dr[22].
  • Brent Waters's MR Author ID is recorded as 788677[23].
  • Brent Waters's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[24].

Body

Education

Educated at Princeton University[6], a private university[25], in United States[26], founded in 1746[27], headquartered in Princeton[28] and University of California, Los Angeles[7], a public research university[29], in United States[30], founded in 1919[31], headquartered in Los Angeles[32]. Doctoral advisors include Amit Sahai[8], a computer scientist[33], b. 1974[34], of United States[35], awarded the ACM Fellow[36], specialised in cryptography[37] and Edward Felten[9], a computer scientist[38], b. 1963[39], of United States[40], awarded the EFF Award[41].

Career and Affiliations

Brent Waters worked as a computer scientist[2]. His field of work was theoretical computer science[4]. He was employed by University of Texas at Austin[5]. He supervised Allison Bishop as a doctoral student[17].

Recognition

Awards received include Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers[10], an early career award[42]; Grace Murray Hopper Award[11], an award[43], in United States[44], founded in 1971[45]; Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering[12], a fellowship grant[46], in United States[47], founded in 1988[48]; and ACM Fellow[13], a fellowship award[49].

Why It Matters

Brent Waters ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month, #7,288 of 1,000,298).[3]

FAQs

What did Brent Waters do for work?

Brent Waters worked as computer scientist[2].

Where did Brent Waters go to school?

Brent Waters was educated at Princeton University[6] and University of California, Los Angeles[7].

What awards did Brent Waters receive?

Honors received include Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers[10], Grace Murray Hopper Award[11], Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering[12], and ACM Fellow[13].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [15] . wikidata.org.
  2. [16] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . wikidata.org.
  6. [2] . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] . cns.utexas.edu. cns.utexas.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . nsf.gov. nsf.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . awards.acm.org. awards.acm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . packard.org. packard.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . acm.org. Retrieved . acm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [8] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  13. [9] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  15. [14] . acm.org. Retrieved . acm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [46] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [47] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [48] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  16. [49] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  17. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  18. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  19. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  20. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  21. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  22. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  23. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  24. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  25. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [3] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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