John Langford

American computer scientist
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John Langford

Summary

John Langford is a human[1]. He was born on +1975-01-01T00:00:00Z[2]. He worked as a computer scientist[3] and engineer[4]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (32 views/month, #7,280 of 1,000,298).[5]

Key Facts

  • John Langford was born on +1975-01-01T00:00:00Z[2].
  • John Langford held citizenship in United States[6].
  • John Langford's professions included computer scientist[3].
  • John Langford's professions included engineer[4].
  • John Langford was employed by Microsoft[7].
  • John Langford's education included a stint at California Institute of Technology[8].
  • John Langford was educated at Carnegie Mellon University[9].
  • John Langford's doctoral advisor was Avrim Blum[10].
  • John Langford's doctoral advisor was Sebastian Thrun[11].
  • John Langford is recorded as male[12].
  • John Langford's instance of is recorded as human[13].
  • John Langford's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 170056263[14].
  • John Langford's IdRef ID is recorded as 161500145[15].
  • John Langford's Mathematics Genealogy Project ID is recorded as 101029[16].
  • John Langford's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02z4292[17].
  • John Langford's given name is recorded as John[18].
  • John Langford's official blog URL is recorded as https://hunch.net/[19].
  • John Langford's Google Scholar author ID is recorded as LFiqVpwAAAAJ[20].
  • John Langford's DBLP author ID is recorded as 77/4488[21].
  • John Langford's MR Author ID is recorded as 674419[22].
  • John Langford's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007432080405171[23].

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Origins and Family

John Langford was born on +1975-01-01T00:00:00Z[2].

Education

Educated at California Institute of Technology[8], a university[24], in United States[25], founded in 1891[26], headquartered in California[27] and Carnegie Mellon University[9], a private university[28], in United States[29], founded in 1900[30], headquartered in Pittsburgh[31]. Doctoral advisors include Avrim Blum[10], a computer scientist[32], b. 1966[33], of United States[34], awarded the ACM Fellow[35], specialised in theoretical computer science[36] and Sebastian Thrun[11], a computer scientist[37], b. 1967[38], of Germany[39], awarded the Braunschweiger Forschungspreis[40], specialised in machine learning[41].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include computer scientist[3] and engineer[4]. Among John Langford's employers was Microsoft[7].

Why It Matters

John Langford ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (32 views/month, #7,280 of 1,000,298).[5]

FAQs

What did John Langford do for work?

John Langford worked as computer scientist[3] and engineer[4].

Where did John Langford go to school?

John Langford was educated at California Institute of Technology[8] and Carnegie Mellon University[9].

References

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  1. [12] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [9] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
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  9. [10] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved . genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  11. [14] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . Google Knowledge Graph. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  10. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  17. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  18. [41] . 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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