Helmut Alt

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Summary

Helmut Alt is a human[1]. He was born on January 1, 1950[2]. He worked as a researcher[3] and computer scientist[4]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18 views/month, #7,298 of 1,000,298).[5]

Key Facts

  • Helmut Alt was born on January 1, 1950[2].
  • Helmut Alt's professions included researcher[3].
  • Helmut Alt worked as a computer scientist[4].
  • Helmut Alt's field of work was computational geometry[6].
  • Helmut Alt was employed by Freie Universität Berlin[7].
  • Helmut Alt's education included a stint at Saarland University[8].
  • Helmut Alt's doctoral advisor was Kurt Mehlhorn[9].
  • Helmut Alt is recorded as male[10].
  • Helmut Alt's instance of is recorded as human[11].
  • Helmut Alt supervised Maike Buchin as a doctoral student[12].
  • Helmut Alt supervised Otfried Cheong as a doctoral student[13].
  • Helmut Alt supervised Johannes Blömer as a doctoral student[14].
  • Helmut Alt supervised Sebastian Iwanowski as a doctoral student[15].
  • Helmut Alt supervised Michael Godau as a doctoral student[16].
  • Helmut Alt supervised Christian Knauer as a doctoral student[17].
  • Helmut Alt supervised Carola Wenk as a doctoral student[18].
  • Helmut Alt supervised Laura Heinrich-Litan as a doctoral student[19].
  • Helmut Alt supervised Britta Denner-Broser as a doctoral student[20].
  • Helmut Alt supervised Ludmila Scharf as a doctoral student[21].
  • Helmut Alt supervised Sven Scholz as a doctoral student[22].
  • Helmut Alt supervised Daria Schymura as a doctoral student[23].
  • Helmut Alt supervised Claudia Dieckmann as a doctoral student[24].
  • Helmut Alt supervised Lena Marie Schlipf as a doctoral student[25].
  • Helmut Alt's given name is recorded as Helmut[26].
  • Helmut Alt's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[27].

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Origins and Family

Helmut Alt was born on January 1, 1950[2].

Education

Helmut Alt was educated at Saarland University[8]. His doctoral advisor was Kurt Mehlhorn[9].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include researcher[3] and computer scientist[4]. Helmut Alt's field of work was computational geometry[6]. He was employed by Freie Universität Berlin[7]. Doctoral students include Maike Buchin[12], a computer scientist[28]; Otfried Cheong[13], a computer scientist[29], of Germany[30], awarded the ACM Distinguished Member[31]; Johannes Blömer[14], a mathematician[32], b. 1964[33], of Germany[34]; Sebastian Iwanowski[15]; Michael Godau[16], a computer scientist[35]; and Christian Knauer[17], a computer scientist[36].

Why It Matters

Helmut Alt ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18 views/month, #7,298 of 1,000,298).[5]

His notable doctoral advisees include Otfried Cheong[37], a computer scientist[38], of Germany[39], awarded the ACM Distinguished Member[40]; Maike Buchin[41], a computer scientist[42]; Carola Wenk[43], a computer scientist[44], b. 1973[45], of Germany[46]; Laura Heinrich-Litan[47], a computer scientist[48]; Britta Denner-Broser[49], a computer scientist[50]; and Ludmila Scharf[51], a computer scientist[52].

FAQs

What did Helmut Alt do for work?

Helmut Alt worked as researcher[3] and computer scientist[4].

Where did Helmut Alt go to school?

Helmut Alt was educated at Saarland University[8].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [10] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [9] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  19. [22] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  20. [23] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  21. [24] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  22. [25] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  23. [2] ↑ . Personal Authority Wikibase of the Czech Republic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  16. [46] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  17. [48] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  18. [50] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  19. [52] ↑ . 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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