David Malan

American computer scientist and professor
Person human Q18149098
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David Malan

Summary

David Malan is a human[1]. He worked as a computer scientist[2] and podcaster[3]. He ranks in the top 0.71% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (154 views/month, #7,147 of 1,000,298).[4]

Key Facts

  • David Malan worked as a computer scientist[2].
  • David Malan's professions included podcaster[3].
  • Among David Malan's employers was Harvard University[5].
  • David Malan's education included a stint at Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences[6].
  • David Malan was educated at Brunswick School[7].
  • David Malan's doctoral advisor was Michael D. Smith[8].
  • A notable work attributed to David Malan is CS50[9].
  • David Malan was influenced by Brian Kernighan[10].
  • David Malan's image is recorded as David J. Malan.png[11].
  • David Malan is recorded as male[12].
  • David Malan's instance of is recorded as human[13].
  • David Malan's ORCID iD is recorded as 0000-0001-5338-2522[14].
  • David Malan's residence is recorded as Cambridge[15].
  • David Malan's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/011vln51[16].
  • David Malan's given name is recorded as David[17].
  • David Malan's official website is recorded as https://cs.harvard.edu/malan/[18].
  • David Malan's ACM Digital Library author ID is recorded as 81100034644[19].
  • David Malan's Scopus author ID is recorded as 8421820000[20].
  • David Malan's Google Scholar author ID is recorded as rQOK-eYAAAAJ[21].
  • David Malan's X is recorded as davidjmalan[22].
  • David Malan's Instagram username is recorded as davidjmalan[23].
  • David Malan's Facebook username is recorded as dmalan[24].
  • David Malan's ResearchGate profile ID is recorded as David-Malan-3[25].
  • David Malan's Academic Tree ID is recorded as 176484[26].
  • David Malan's DBLP author ID is recorded as 50/1050[27].

Body

Education

Educated at Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences[6], an academic institution[28], in United States[29], founded in 1847[30] and Brunswick School[7], a school[31], in United States[32], founded in 1902[33]. David Malan's doctoral advisor was Michael D. Smith[8].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include computer scientist[2] and podcaster[3]. David Malan was employed by Harvard University[5].

Works and Contributions

A notable work attributed to David Malan is CS50[9].

Why It Matters

David Malan ranks in the top 0.71% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (154 views/month, #7,147 of 1,000,298).[4] He has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] He is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

FAQs

What did David Malan do for work?

David Malan worked as computer scientist[2] and podcaster[3].

Where did David Malan go to school?

David Malan was educated at Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences[6] and Brunswick School[7].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [11] . wikidata.org.
  2. [12] . wikidata.org.
  3. [13] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [2] . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . orcid.org. Retrieved . orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [15] . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] . wikidata.org.
  14. [10] . wikidata.org.
  15. [9] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . cs.harvard.edu. Retrieved . cs.harvard.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . scholar.google.com. Retrieved . scholar.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . researchgate.net. Retrieved . researchgate.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

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

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [4] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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