David Musser

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David Musser

Summary

David Musser is a human[1]. He was born on +1944-08-24T00:00:00Z[2]. He worked as an engineer[3] and computer scientist[4]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month, #7,294 of 1,000,298).[5]

Key Facts

  • David Musser was born on +1944-08-24T00:00:00Z[2].
  • David Musser worked as an engineer[3].
  • David Musser's professions included computer scientist[4].
  • Among David Musser's employers was Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute[6].
  • David Musser's education included a stint at University of Wisconsin–Madison[7].
  • David Musser's doctoral advisor was George E. Collins[8].
  • David Musser is recorded as male[9].
  • David Musser's instance of is recorded as human[10].
  • David Musser supervised Paul Brown as a doctoral student[11].
  • David Musser supervised Dan Benanav as a doctoral student[12].
  • David Musser's ISNI is recorded as 0000000116318468[13].
  • David Musser's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 44549856[14].
  • David Musser's GND ID is recorded as 1145641911[15].
  • David Musser's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n88298470[16].
  • David Musser's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 145964120[17].
  • David Musser's IdRef ID is recorded as 082005273[18].
  • David Musser's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA07413246[19].
  • David Musser's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00655177[20].
  • David Musser's Mathematics Genealogy Project ID is recorded as 82496[21].
  • David Musser's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/027g53d[22].
  • David Musser's family name is recorded as Musser[23].
  • David Musser's given name is recorded as David[24].
  • David Musser's official website is recorded as https://www.cs.rpi.edu/~musser/[25].
  • David Musser's ACM Digital Library author ID is recorded as 81100034960[26].
  • David Musser's Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID is recorded as 147631602[27].

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Origins and Family

David Musser was born on +1944-08-24T00:00:00Z[2].

Education

David Musser's education included a stint at University of Wisconsin–Madison[7]. His doctoral advisor was George E. Collins[8].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include engineer[3] and computer scientist[4]. David Musser was employed by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute[6]. Doctoral students include Paul Brown[11] and Dan Benanav[12].

Why It Matters

David Musser ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month, #7,294 of 1,000,298).[5]

He is credited with the discovery of introsort[28], a sorting algorithm[29].

His notable doctoral advisees include Paul Brown[30], a computer scientist[31], b. 1968[32].

FAQs

What did David Musser do for work?

David Musser worked as engineer[3] and computer scientist[4].

Where did David Musser go to school?

David Musser was educated at University of Wisconsin–Madison[7].

What did David Musser discover?

David Musser is credited as discoverer of introsort[28].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [11] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . CiNii Research. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . viaf.org. Retrieved . viaf.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] . CiNii Research. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] . wikidata.org.
  19. [2] . lccn.loc.gov. lccn.loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [5] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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