Jon Bentley

American computer scientist (*1953)
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Jon Bentley

Summary

Jon Bentley is a human[1]. His place of birth was Long Beach[2]. He was born on +1953-02-20T00:00:00Z[3]. He worked as a computer scientist[4], mathematician[5], and university teacher[6]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27 views/month, #7,274 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • Jon Bentley was born in Long Beach[2].
  • Jon Bentley was born on +1953-02-20T00:00:00Z[3].
  • Jon Bentley was born on +1953-01-01T00:00:00Z[8].
  • Jon Bentley held citizenship in United States[9].
  • Jon Bentley's professions included computer scientist[4].
  • Jon Bentley's professions included mathematician[5].
  • Jon Bentley worked as a university teacher[6].
  • Jon Bentley's field of work was informatics[10].
  • Jon Bentley's field of work was mathematics[11].
  • Among Jon Bentley's employers was Bell Labs[12].
  • Jon Bentley was employed by Carnegie Mellon University[13].
  • Jon Bentley was educated at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill[14].
  • Jon Bentley was educated at Stanford University[15].
  • Jon Bentley's doctoral advisor was Donald Ford Stanat[16].
  • Jon Bentley's image is recorded as Jon Bentley informaticien.jpg[17].
  • Jon Bentley is recorded as male[18].
  • Jon Bentley's instance of is recorded as human[19].
  • Jon Bentley supervised Catherine McGeoch as a doctoral student[20].
  • Jon Bentley supervised Charles E. Leiserson as a doctoral student[21].
  • Jon Bentley supervised James B. Saxe as a doctoral student[22].
  • Jon Bentley's ISNI is recorded as 0000000083954993[23].
  • Jon Bentley's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 76425808[24].
  • Jon Bentley's GND ID is recorded as 122397037[25].
  • Jon Bentley's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82015512[26].
  • Jon Bentley's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12528689w[27].

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Origins and Family

Jon Bentley's place of birth was Long Beach[2]. Recorded date of birth include +1953-02-20T00:00:00Z[3] and +1953-01-01T00:00:00Z[8].

Education

Educated at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill[14], a public research university[28], in United States[29], founded in 1789[30] and Stanford University[15], a private university[31], in United States[32], founded in 1885[33], headquartered in Stanford[34]. Jon Bentley's doctoral advisor was Donald Ford Stanat[16].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include computer scientist[4], mathematician[5], and university teacher[6]. Fields of work include informatics[10], an academic major[35], founded in 1957[36] and mathematics[11], an academic discipline[37]. Employers include Bell Labs[12], a privately held company[38], in United States[39], founded in 1925[40], headquartered in Murray Hill[41] and Carnegie Mellon University[13], a private university[42], in United States[43], founded in 1900[44], headquartered in Pittsburgh[45]. Doctoral students include Catherine McGeoch[20], a computer scientist[46], of United States[47]; Charles E. Leiserson[21], a computer scientist[48], b. 1953[49], of United States[50], awarded the Presidential Young Investigator Award[51], specialised in mathematics[52]; and James B. Saxe[22], a computer scientist[53], b. 1953[54].

Why It Matters

Jon Bentley ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27 views/month, #7,274 of 1,000,298).[7] He has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] He is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]

He is credited with the discovery of k-d tree[57], a data structure[58].

His notable doctoral advisees include Charles E. Leiserson[59], a computer scientist[60], b. 1953[61], of United States[62], awarded the Presidential Young Investigator Award[63], specialised in mathematics[64]; James B. Saxe[65], a computer scientist[66], b. 1953[67]; and Catherine McGeoch[68], a computer scientist[69], of United States[70].

FAQs

Where was Jon Bentley born?

Jon Bentley's place of birth was Long Beach[2].

What did Jon Bentley do for work?

Jon Bentley worked as computer scientist[4], mathematician[5], and university teacher[6].

Where did Jon Bentley go to school?

Jon Bentley was educated at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill[14] and Stanford University[15].

What did Jon Bentley discover?

Jon Bentley is credited as discoverer of k-d tree[57].

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  8. [10] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  23. [27] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [3] . wikidata.org.
  25. [8] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  37. [70] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [55] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [56] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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