Howard Gobioff

computer scientist (1971-2008)
Person human Q17490474
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Howard Gobioff

Summary

Howard Gobioff is a human[1]. He was born on +1971-01-01T00:00:00Z[2]. He died on +2008-03-01T00:00:00Z[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

  • Howard Gobioff was born on +1971-01-01T00:00:00Z[2].
  • Howard Gobioff died on +2008-03-01T00:00:00Z[3].
  • Howard Gobioff held citizenship in United States[6].
  • Howard Gobioff's professions included computer scientist[4].
  • Howard Gobioff's field of work was computer science[7].
  • Howard Gobioff was employed by Google[8].
  • Howard Gobioff's education included a stint at Carnegie Mellon University[9].
  • Howard Gobioff's doctoral advisor was Garth Gibson[10].
  • Howard Gobioff's doctoral advisor was J. D. Tygar[11].
  • Howard Gobioff's image is recorded as Howard Gobioff.jpg[12].
  • Howard Gobioff is recorded as male[13].
  • Howard Gobioff's instance of is recorded as human[14].
  • Howard Gobioff's Commons category is recorded as Howard Gobioff[15].
  • The cause of death was lymphoma[16].
  • Howard Gobioff's Mathematics Genealogy Project ID is recorded as 50249[17].
  • Howard Gobioff's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/011lcxh1[18].
  • Howard Gobioff's given name is recorded as Howard[19].
  • Howard Gobioff's manner of death is recorded as natural causes[20].
  • Howard Gobioff's name in native language is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Howard Gobioff'}[21].
  • Howard Gobioff's DBLP author ID is recorded as g/HGobioff[22].
  • Howard Gobioff's Prabook ID is recorded as 2353728[23].

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Origins and Family

Howard Gobioff was born on +1971-01-01T00:00:00Z[2].

Education

Howard Gobioff's education included a stint at Carnegie Mellon University[9]. Doctoral advisors include Garth Gibson[10], a computer scientist[24], of Canada[25], awarded the J.W. Graham Medal[26] and J. D. Tygar[11], a university teacher[27], 1962–2020[28].

Career and Affiliations

Howard Gobioff's professions included computer scientist[4]. His field of work was computer science[7]. He was employed by Google[8].

Death and Burial

Howard Gobioff died on +2008-03-01T00:00:00Z[3]. The cause of death was lymphoma[16].

Why It Matters

Howard Gobioff 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 credited with the discovery of Google File System[29], a file system[30].

FAQs

What did Howard Gobioff do for work?

Howard Gobioff worked as computer scientist[4].

Where did Howard Gobioff go to school?

Howard Gobioff was educated at Carnegie Mellon University[9].

What did Howard Gobioff discover?

Howard Gobioff is credited as discoverer of Google File System[29].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [12] . wikidata.org.
  2. [13] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [14] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  11. [15] . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] . wikidata.org.
  14. [2] . wikidata.org.
  15. [3] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [29] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [30] . 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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