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Ian T. Foster

Computer science prof at U. Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory
Person Human Q5981559

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19 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[25]
Date of birth
1959
Place of birth
New Zealand, Wellington[1][6]
Country of citizenship
United States, New Zealand[7][8]
Occupation
university teacher, computer scientist, information scientist
Employer
University of Chicago[15]
Field of work
application software, applied computer science, web service, cloud computing, data processing, programming language[9][10][11][12][13][14]
Educated at
University of Canterbury, Imperial College London, University of Canterbury[16]
Award received
Lovelace Medal, Tsutomu Kanai Award, ACM Fellow, Harry H. Goode Memorial Award, IEEE Internet Award, Ken Kennedy Award, honorary doctor of the University of Canterbury, Charles Babbage Award, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[18][19][20][21][22][23]
Official website
www.anl.gov, cs.uchicago.edu, www.ianfoster.org
Doctoral advisor
Keith Clark[17]
Doctoral student
Adriana I. Iamnitchi, Rakesh Krishnaiyer, Chuang Liu, Matei Ripeanu, Lingyun Yang, Warren Smith, Ioan Raicu, Kavitha Ranganathan
Languages spoken, written or signed
English
Family name
Foster
Given name
Ian
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics
Member of
Association for Computing Machinery[24]
Residence
Chicago
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🔖 Identifiers · 37
ISNI
0000000108732589
ORCID iD
0000-0003-2129-5269
VIAF cluster ID
15664588
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n88286979
GND ID
122888529
ACM Digital Library author ID
81100123316
BIBSYS ID
90328818
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
169189485
CONOR.SI ID
31831651
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf12123362
CiNii Research ID
1140563741639591296
DBLP author ID
f/IanTFoster
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DDB person (GND) ID
122888529
Freebase ID
/m/04z9xg
Google Scholar author ID
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IdRef ID
081437862
J9U entity ID
987007437209905171
MR Author ID
304295
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
100693
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA04254102
NL CR AUT ID
mub20211103484
NSK (VIAF) ID
000332189
NSK ID
981005760434409366
NUKAT ID
n93128538
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810556924105606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
075179350
Prabook ID
540388
Publons author ID
2898003
RERO ID (legacy)
A003255160
SHARE Catalogue author ID
66123
Semantic Scholar author ID
1698701
UOM ID
90814
Web of Science ResearcherID
A-1357-2007
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJdwYvBXdxm4y6rt4RCG73
X (Twitter) username
ianfoster
Yale LUX ID
person/20f3cccd-0f8f-4370-9ec8-7ac31ef1fd68
ZbMATH author ID
foster.ian-t

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Author of 52
Accelerating Communications in Federated Applications with Transparent Object Proxies, Accelerating Multigrid-based Hierarchical Scientific Data Refactoring on GPUs, Accelerating multiscale electronic stopping power predictions with time-dependent density functional theory and machine learning, Active Learning Yields Better Training Data for Scientific Named Entity Recognition, Adaptive Edge-Cloud Environments for Rural AI, AICCA: AI-Driven Cloud Classification Atlas, An Empirical Study of Container Image Configurations and Their Impact on Start Times, Assessment of fine-tuned large language models for real-world chemistry and material science applications +44 more
← Authored by 52
Accelerating Communications in Federated Applications with Transparent Object Proxies, Accelerating Multigrid-based Hierarchical Scientific Data Refactoring on GPUs, Accelerating multiscale electronic stopping power predictions with time-dependent density functional theory and machine learning, Active Learning Yields Better Training Data for Scientific Named Entity Recognition, Adaptive Edge-Cloud Environments for Rural AI, AICCA: AI-Driven Cloud Classification Atlas, An Empirical Study of Container Image Configurations and Their Impact on Start Times, Assessment of fine-tuned large language models for real-world chemistry and material science applications +44 more
Award received 8
Harry H. Goode Memorial Award, IEEE Internet Award, Lovelace Medal, ACM Fellow, Tsutomu Kanai Award, Charles Babbage Award, Ken Kennedy Award, honorary doctor of the University of Canterbury
Field of work 6
programming language, application software, cloud computing, web service, data processing, applied computer science
Affiliated with 5
University of Chicago, National University of Singapore, University of Illinois Chicago, Argonne National Laboratory, National University Cancer Institute, Singapore
Occupation 3
computer scientist, university teacher, information scientist
Country of citizenship 2
United States, New Zealand
Educated at 2
Imperial College London, University of Canterbury
Place of birth 2
New Zealand, Wellington
Doctoral advisor 1
Keith Clark
Doctoral advisors 1
Keith Clark
Doctoral student 1
Ioan Raicu
Doctoral students 1
Ioan Raicu
Employer 1
University of Chicago
Family name 1
Foster
Given name 1
Ian
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Member of 1
Association for Computing Machinery
Residence 1
Chicago
Sex or gender 1
male
← Developer 1
Strand
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Summary

Born in New Zealand[1], he… he was born on January 1, 1959[2]. He worked as a university teacher[3], computer scientist[4], and information scientist[5].

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Origins and Family

Recorded place of birth include New Zealand[1], a Commonwealth realm[26], in New Zealand[27], founded in 1986[28] and Wellington[6], an urban area[29], in New Zealand[30], founded in 1839[31].

Career and Affiliations

Fields of work include application software[9], a software category[32]; applied computer science[10], an academic major[33]; web service[11], a software category[34]; cloud computing[12]; data processing[13], a type of process[35]; and programming language[14], a computer science term[36]. Doctoral students include Adriana I. Iamnitchi[37], Rakesh Krishnaiyer[38], Chuang Liu[39], Matei Ripeanu[40], Lingyun Yang[41], and Warren Smith[42].

Recognition

Awards received include Lovelace Medal[18], a medallion[43], in United Kingdom[44], founded in 1998[45]; Tsutomu Kanai Award[19], an award[46], founded in 1997[47]; ACM Fellow[20], a fellowship award[48], in United States[49]; Harry H. Goode Memorial Award[21], an award[50]; IEEE Internet Award[22], a technical field award[51], founded in 1999[52]; and Ken Kennedy Award[23], an award[53], founded in 2009[54].

Why It Matters

His notable doctoral advisees include Ioan Raicu[55], a researcher[56], specialised in computer science[57].

FAQs

Where was Ian T. Foster born?

Ian T. Foster's place of birth was New Zealand[1].

What did Ian T. Foster do for work?

Ian T. Foster worked as university teacher[3], computer scientist[4], and information scientist[5].

Where did Ian T. Foster go to school?

Ian T. Foster was educated at University of Canterbury[16].

What awards did Ian T. Foster receive?

Honors received include Lovelace Medal[18], Tsutomu Kanai Award[19], ACM Fellow[20], and Harry H. Goode Memorial Award[21].

Related Entities

application software applied computer science Argonne National Laboratory computer scientist Imperial College London Ioan Raicu Keith Clark New Zealand programming language Strand United States University of Canterbury

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  1. 9w ago · LeoDog896 · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    ZbMATH author ID → foster.ian-t
    X (Twitter) username → ianfoster
    "Added reference: MR Author ID: 304295, batch #271771"
  2. 10w ago · LeoDog896 · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    ZbMATH author ID → foster.ian-t
    "Created claim: ZbMATH author ID: fox.geoffrey-c, batch #270194"
  3. 10w ago · LeoDog896 · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://www.anl.gov/profile/ian-t-foster, https://cs.uchicago.edu/people/ian-foster/, http://www.ianfoster.org/wordpress/
    Award received → Lovelace Medal, Tsutomu Kanai Award, ACM Fellow +1
    "Created claim: Official website: http://www.ianfoster.org/wordpress/, batch #269983"
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