Farinaz Koushanfar

Iranian-American computer scientist
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Farinaz Koushanfar

Summary

Farinaz Koushanfar is a human[1]. She worked as a computer scientist[2] and university teacher[3]. She ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11 views/month, #7,295 of 1,000,298).[4]

Key Facts

  • Farinaz Koushanfar held citizenship in Iran[5].
  • Farinaz Koushanfar held citizenship in United States[6].
  • Farinaz Koushanfar worked as a computer scientist[2].
  • Farinaz Koushanfar worked as a university teacher[3].
  • Farinaz Koushanfar held the position of Farzanegan School[7].
  • Among Farinaz Koushanfar's employers was Rice University[8].
  • Farinaz Koushanfar was educated at University of California, Berkeley[9].
  • Farinaz Koushanfar was educated at Sharif University of Technology[10].
  • Farinaz Koushanfar was educated at University of California, Los Angeles[11].
  • Farinaz Koushanfar's doctoral advisor was Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli[12].
  • Farinaz Koushanfar's doctoral advisor was Miodrag Potkonjak[13].
  • Farinaz Koushanfar received the ACM Fellow[14].
  • Farinaz Koushanfar was a member of Association for Computing Machinery[15].
  • Farinaz Koushanfar's image is recorded as Farinaz Koushanfar.jpg[16].
  • Farinaz Koushanfar is recorded as female[17].
  • Farinaz Koushanfar's instance of is recorded as human[18].
  • Farinaz Koushanfar supervised Azalia Mirhoseini as a doctoral student[19].
  • Farinaz Koushanfar's Mathematics Genealogy Project ID is recorded as 116273[20].
  • Farinaz Koushanfar's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09pcx2f[21].
  • Farinaz Koushanfar's Scopus author ID is recorded as 6602459029[22].
  • Farinaz Koushanfar's zbMATH author ID is recorded as koushanfar.farinaz[23].
  • Farinaz Koushanfar's Google Scholar author ID is recorded as 3XnMVUAAAAAJ[24].
  • Farinaz Koushanfar's DBLP author ID is recorded as k/FarinazKoushanfar[25].
  • Farinaz Koushanfar's Semantic Scholar author ID is recorded as 3018662[26].
  • Farinaz Koushanfar's MR Author ID is recorded as 907773[27].

Body

Education

Educated at University of California, Berkeley[9], a public research university[28], in United States[29], founded in 1868[30], headquartered in Berkeley[31]; Sharif University of Technology[10], a public university[32], in Iran[33], founded in 1965[34]; and University of California, Los Angeles[11], a public research university[35], in United States[36], founded in 1919[37], headquartered in Los Angeles[38]. Doctoral advisors include Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli[12], an engineer[39], b. 1947[40], of Italy[41], awarded the IEEE Leon K. Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award[42] and Miodrag Potkonjak[13], a computer scientist[43].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include computer scientist[2] and university teacher[3]. Among Farinaz Koushanfar's employers was Rice University[8]. She held the position of Farzanegan School[7]. She supervised Azalia Mirhoseini as a doctoral student[19].

Recognition

Farinaz Koushanfar received the ACM Fellow[14].

Why It Matters

Farinaz Koushanfar ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11 views/month, #7,295 of 1,000,298).[4]

Her notable doctoral advisees include Azalia Mirhoseini[44], a computer scientist[45], of Iran[46], awarded the Innovators Under 35[47].

FAQs

What did Farinaz Koushanfar do for work?

Farinaz Koushanfar worked as computer scientist[2] and university teacher[3].

Where did Farinaz Koushanfar go to school?

Farinaz Koushanfar was educated at University of California, Berkeley[9], Sharif University of Technology[10], and University of California, Los Angeles[11].

What awards did Farinaz Koushanfar receive?

Honors received include ACM Fellow[14].

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  7. [9] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
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  13. [14] . acm.org. Retrieved . acm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  16. [19] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . acm.org. Retrieved . acm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

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  1. [44] . wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  16. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  17. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  18. [46] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  19. [47] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [4] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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