Denny Vrandečić

Croatian computer scientist

Person human Q18618629

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29 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[24]
Date of birth: February 27, 1978
Place of birth: Stuttgart
Country of citizenship: Croatia, United States^[9]^[10]
Occupation: programmer, computer scientist, Wikimedian in residence, Wikipedian, Wikimedian, ontologist
Employer: Google, Wikimedia Germany, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Wikimedia Foundation, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology^[14]^[15]^[16]
Field of work: Semantic Web^[12]
Position held: Head of Special Projects at the Wikimedia Foundation^[13]
Educated at: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, University of Stuttgart, University of Stuttgart, Geschwister-Scholl-Gymnasium Sillenbuch
Award received: Knowledge Graph Conference Lifetime Achievement Award^[23]
Notable work: Wikidata, Semantic MediaWiki, KIT Linked Open Numbers, Abstract Wikipedia^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]
Spouse: Kamara Vrandečić^[8]
Official website: simia.net, simia.net^[30]^[31]
Doctoral advisor: Rudi Studer, James Hendler^[17]^[18]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English, German, Croatian^[38]^[39]^[40]
Academic degree: doctorate^[25]
Academic thesis: Ontology evaluation^[32]
Birth name: Zdenko Vrandečić^[41]
Described by source: On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences wiki^[33]
Erdős number: +3^[42]
Family name: Vrandečić^[27]
Given name: Denny, Zdenko^[28]^[29]
Height: +1.75^[43]

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Name: Denny Vrandečić^[44]
Native language: Croatian^[11]
Participant in: Category:MediaWiki Developer Summit 2015, Wikimania 2011, The 24th International Semantic Web Conference, The Web Conference 2019^[34]^[35]^[36]^[37]
Residence: San Francisco Bay Area, Stuttgart^[26]
Social media followers: 1.3k (1.3k–3.6k, n=4)

🏷️ Also known as

en Denny Vrandečić en Zdenko Vrandecic en Zdenko Vrandečić en Denny Vrandecic ar ديني فرانديتشيش el Ζντένκο Βράντετσιτς el Ντένι Βράντετσιτς el Ντέννυ Βράντετσιτς he דני ורנדצ'יץ' he זדנקו וראנדצ'יץ' ja デニー・ヴランデチッチ ja ズデンコ・ヴランデチチ ru Denny ru Врандечич, Денни ru Денни Врандечич ru Дэнни Врандечич ru Зденко Врандечич uk Врандечіч Денні uk Денні Врандечіч uk Зденко Врандечіч

🔖 Identifiers · 50

ISNI: 000000008066339X
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9593-2294
VIAF cluster ID: 122225036
Library of Congress authority ID: nb2018021084
GND ID: 141554568
OpenAlex ID: A5018023802
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Dr. Denny Vrandečić-2.jpg ↗
ACM Digital Library author ID: 81314486580
BIBSYS ID: 14062962
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE): VrandečićDenny
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 172958311
Bing entity ID: f65dd159-d27c-4077-0085-235806f6f5a8

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Bluesky handle: vrandecic.bsky.social
Crunchbase person ID: denny-vrandečić
DBLP author ID: 59/5618
DDB person (GND) ID: 141554568
Dimensions author ID: 015532144611.41
Exact match: www.aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de, dbpedia.org, yago-knowledge.org
Facebook username: vrandezo
FactGrid item ID: effet papillon
Flickr user ID: 68399509@N00
Freebase ID: /m/022q248
Geni.com profile ID: 5522331988320100444
GitHub account: vrandezo
Goodreads author ID: 18579329
Google News topics ID: CAAqJAgKIh5DQkFTRUFvS0wyMHZNREl5Y1RJME9CSUNaVzRvQUFQAQ
Google Scholar author ID: NAC1gHsAAAAJ
LibraryThing author ID: vrandeidenny
LinkedIn personal profile ID: vrandecic
Linktree ID: vrandecic
Luding designer ID: 2667
Mastodon address: vrandecic@mas.to
Medium username: vrandezo
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued): 2309189658
National Library of Israel ID (old): 005101639
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007396676205171
Official blog URL: simia.net
Prabook ID: 251459
Quora username: Denny-Vrandecic
ResearchGate contributions ID: 2120981708
ResearchGate profile ID: Denny-Vrandecic
Scopus author ID: 8961771500
Semantic Scholar author ID: 1808632
SlideShare username: vrandezo
Telegram username: vrandecic
Videolectures ID: denny_vrandecic
Wolfram Language entity code: Entity["Person", "DennyVrandecic::rf82x"]
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJcgyFmD69wR6HcvCvJdQq
X (Twitter) username: vrandezo
XING profile ID: Denny_Vrandecic2

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Summary

Denny Vrandečić was born on February 27, 1978^[1], in Stuttgart^[2]. He has worked as a programmer^[3], computer scientist^[4], Wikipedian^[5], Wikimedian^[6], and ontologist^[7].

FAQs

Where was Denny Vrandečić born?

Denny Vrandečić's place of birth was Stuttgart^[2].

Who was Denny Vrandečić married to?

Denny Vrandečić's spouses include Kamara Vrandečić^[8].

What did Denny Vrandečić do for work?

Denny Vrandečić worked as a programmer^[3], computer scientist^[4], Wikipedian^[5], Wikimedian^[6], and ontologist^[7].

What awards did Denny Vrandečić receive?

Honors received include Knowledge Graph Conference Lifetime Achievement Award^[23].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Denny Vrandečić — place of birth (P19): Stuttgart. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Denny Vrandečić — sex or gender (P21): male. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2024-07-19. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Denny Vrandečić — spouse (P26): Kamara Vrandečić. wired.com. Retrieved 2019-02-19. wired.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Denny Vrandečić — country of citizenship (P27): Croatia. spiegel.de. Retrieved 2024-05-11. spiegel.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Denny Vrandečić — country of citizenship (P27): United States. spiegel.de. Retrieved 2024-05-11. spiegel.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Denny Vrandečić — position held (P39): Head of Special Projects at the Wikimedia Foundation. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Denny Vrandečić — field of work (P101): Semantic Web. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Denny Vrandečić — native language (P103): Croatian. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Denny Vrandečić — occupation (P106): programmer. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Denny Vrandečić — occupation (P106): computer scientist. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Denny Vrandečić — occupation (P106): Wikipedian. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Denny Vrandečić — occupation (P106): Wikimedian. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Denny Vrandečić — occupation (P106): ontologist. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Denny Vrandečić — employer (P108): Google. linkedin.com. linkedin.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Denny Vrandečić — employer (P108): Wikimedia Foundation. meta.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 2022-02-04. meta.wikimedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Denny Vrandečić — employer (P108): Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. ORCID Public Data File 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-10. pub.orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Denny Vrandečić — award received (P166): Knowledge Graph Conference Lifetime Achievement Award. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Denny Vrandečić — doctoral advisor (P184): Rudi Studer. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Denny Vrandečić — doctoral advisor (P184): James Hendler. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Denny Vrandečić — academic degree (P512): doctorate. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-03-02. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Denny Vrandečić — residence (P551): Stuttgart. simia.net. simia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Denny Vrandečić — date of birth (P569): February 27, 1978. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Denny Vrandečić — family name (P734): Vrandečić. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Denny Vrandečić — given name (P735): Denny. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-08-12. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Denny Vrandečić — given name (P735): Zdenko. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Denny Vrandečić — notable work (P800): Wikidata. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Denny Vrandečić — notable work (P800): Semantic MediaWiki. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Denny Vrandečić — notable work (P800): KIT Linked Open Numbers. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Denny Vrandečić — notable work (P800): Abstract Wikipedia. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Denny Vrandečić — official website (P856): http://simia.net. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Denny Vrandečić — official website (P856): http://simia.net/wiki/Denny. simia.net. Retrieved 2021-12-25. simia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Denny Vrandečić — academic thesis (P1026): Ontology evaluation. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Denny Vrandečić — described by source (P1343): On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences wiki. oeis.org. oeis.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ Denny Vrandečić — participant in (P1344): MediaWiki Developer Summit 2015. mediawiki.org. mediawiki.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ Denny Vrandečić — participant in (P1344): Wikimania 2011. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ Denny Vrandečić — participant in (P1344): The 24th International Semantic Web Conference. wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ Denny Vrandečić — participant in (P1344): The Web Conference 2019. wikidata.org.
[38] ↑ Denny Vrandečić — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. wikidata.org.
[39] ↑ Denny Vrandečić — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): German. linkedin.com. linkedin.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[40] ↑ Denny Vrandečić — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): Croatian. wikidata.org.
[41] ↑ Denny Vrandečić — birth name (P1477): Zdenko Vrandečić. wikidata.org.
[42] ↑ Denny Vrandečić — Erdős number (P2021): 3. simia.net. simia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[43] ↑ Denny Vrandečić — height (P2048): 1.75 m. Wolfram Alpha. Retrieved 2021-09-07. wikidata.org.
[44] ↑ Denny Vrandečić — name (P2561): Denny Vrandečić. wikidata.org.

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