Chetan Nayak

Indian American physicist and computer scientist
Person human Q90689485
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Chetan Nayak

Summary

Chetan Nayak is a human[1]. He was born on +1971-04-12T00:00:00Z[2]. He worked as a physicist[3], author[4], and computer scientist[5]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24 views/month, #7,280 of 1,000,298).[6]

Key Facts

  • Chetan Nayak was born on +1971-04-12T00:00:00Z[2].
  • Chetan Nayak worked as a physicist[3].
  • Chetan Nayak's professions included author[4].
  • Chetan Nayak worked as a computer scientist[5].
  • Chetan Nayak was employed by Microsoft Research[7].
  • Among Chetan Nayak's employers was University of California, Santa Barbara[8].
  • Chetan Nayak was employed by University of California, Los Angeles[9].
  • Chetan Nayak's education included a stint at Harvard University[10].
  • Chetan Nayak's doctoral advisor was Frank Wilczek[11].
  • Chetan Nayak is recorded as male[12].
  • Chetan Nayak's instance of is recorded as human[13].
  • Chetan Nayak supervised Dominic V Else as a doctoral student[14].
  • Chetan Nayak supervised Jennifer Cano as a doctoral student[15].
  • Chetan Nayak's ISNI is recorded as 0000000049396158[16].
  • Chetan Nayak's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 51590254[17].
  • Chetan Nayak's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as nr96031149[18].
  • Chetan Nayak's ORCID iD is recorded as 0000-0002-7046-1852[19].
  • Chetan Nayak's Mathematics Genealogy Project ID is recorded as 296470[20].
  • Chetan Nayak's family name is recorded as Nayak[21].
  • Chetan Nayak's given name is recorded as Chetan[22].
  • Chetan Nayak's Google Scholar author ID is recorded as WRL78vEAAAAJ[23].
  • Chetan Nayak's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11f37lwrf6[24].
  • Chetan Nayak's MR Author ID is recorded as 309504[25].
  • Chetan Nayak's LinkedIn personal profile ID is recorded as cnayak-quantum[26].

Body

Origins and Family

Chetan Nayak was born on +1971-04-12T00:00:00Z[2].

Education

Chetan Nayak's education included a stint at Harvard University[10]. His doctoral advisor was Frank Wilczek[11].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include physicist[3], author[4], and computer scientist[5]. Employers include Microsoft Research[7], a division[27], in United States[28], founded in 1991[29], headquartered in Redmond[30]; University of California, Santa Barbara[8], a public university[31], in United States[32], founded in 1909[33], headquartered in Santa Barbara County[34]; and University of California, Los Angeles[9], a public research university[35], in United States[36], founded in 1919[37], headquartered in Los Angeles[38]. Doctoral students include Dominic V Else[14], a physicist[39], awarded the New Horizons in Physics Prize[40] and Jennifer Cano[15], a physicist[41].

Why It Matters

Chetan Nayak ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24 views/month, #7,280 of 1,000,298).[6]

FAQs

What did Chetan Nayak do for work?

Chetan Nayak worked as physicist[3], author[4], and computer scientist[5].

Where did Chetan Nayak go to school?

Chetan Nayak was educated at Harvard University[10].

References

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  5. [4] . Non-Abelian anyons and topological quantum computation. wikidata.org.
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  7. [7] . microsoft.com. microsoft.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  18. [2] . Library of Congress Authorities. wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

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  1. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  6. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  8. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [6] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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