Donald B. Johnson

Summary

Donald B. Johnson is a human^[1]. He was born on +1933-12-16T00:00:00Z^[2]. He died on +1994-09-10T00:00:00Z^[3]. He worked as a computer scientist^[4]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month, #7,298 of 1,000,298).^[5]

Key Facts

• Donald B. Johnson was born on +1933-12-16T00:00:00Z^[2].
• Donald B. Johnson died on +1994-09-10T00:00:00Z^[3].
• Donald B. Johnson held citizenship in United States^[6].
• Donald B. Johnson worked as a computer scientist^[4].
• Donald B. Johnson was employed by Pennsylvania State University^[7].
• Donald B. Johnson was educated at Cornell University^[8].
• Donald B. Johnson's doctoral advisor was David Gries^[9].
• Donald B. Johnson is recorded as male^[10].
• Donald B. Johnson's instance of is recorded as human^[11].
• Donald B. Johnson supervised Samuel David Kashdan as a doctoral student^[12].
• Donald B. Johnson supervised Panagiotis Takis Metaxas as a doctoral student^[13].
• Donald B. Johnson supervised Shankar Venkatesan as a doctoral student^[14].
• Donald B. Johnson's Mathematics Genealogy Project ID is recorded as 22788^[15].
• Donald B. Johnson's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0g5sfp6^[16].
• Donald B. Johnson's family name is recorded as Johnson^[17].
• Donald B. Johnson's given name is recorded as Donald^[18].
• Donald B. Johnson's given name is recorded as Bruce^[19].
• Donald B. Johnson's zbMATH author ID is recorded as johnson.donald-b^[20].
• Donald B. Johnson's different from is recorded as D. Barton Johnson^[21].
• Donald B. Johnson's DBLP author ID is recorded as 80/1719^[22].
• Donald B. Johnson's MR Author ID is recorded as 95045^[23].
• Donald B. Johnson's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics^[24].

Body

Origins and Family

Donald B. Johnson was born on +1933-12-16T00:00:00Z^[2].

Education

Donald B. Johnson was educated at Cornell University^[8]. His doctoral advisor was David Gries^[9].

Career and Affiliations

Donald B. Johnson worked as a computer scientist^[4]. He was employed by Pennsylvania State University^[7]. Doctoral students include Samuel David Kashdan^[12]; Panagiotis Takis Metaxas^[13]; and Shankar Venkatesan^[14], a computer scientist^[25], b. 1955^[26], of India^[27].

Death and Burial

Donald B. Johnson died on +1994-09-10T00:00:00Z^[3].

Works and Contributions

Things named for Donald B. Johnson include Johnson's algorithm^[28], an algorithm^[29].

Why It Matters

Donald B. Johnson ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month, #7,298 of 1,000,298).^[5] He is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[30]

He is credited with the discovery of Johnson's algorithm^[31], an algorithm^[32]. Entities named for him include Johnson's algorithm^[28], an algorithm^[29].

His notable doctoral advisees include Shankar Venkatesan^[33], a computer scientist^[34], b. 1955^[35], of India^[36].

FAQs

What did Donald B. Johnson do for work?

Donald B. Johnson worked as computer scientist^[4].

Where did Donald B. Johnson go to school?

Donald B. Johnson was educated at Cornell University^[8].

What did Donald B. Johnson discover?

Donald B. Johnson is credited as discoverer of Johnson's algorithm^[31].