# Klaus Waldschmidt

> Dr.-Ing. Technische Universität Berlin 1970

**Wikidata**: [Q102803368](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q102803368)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/klaus-waldschmidt

## Summary
Klaus Waldschmidt is a computer scientist who earned a Dr.-Ing. from Technische Universität Berlin in 1970. He is documented as a doctoral student of Wolfgang Giloi and as the doctoral advisor of researchers including Bernd Klauer and Christoph Grimm.

## Biography
- Born: [date and place not available]
- Nationality: [not available]
- Education: Dr.-Ing., Technische Universität Berlin (1970)
- Known for: Doctoral research at Technische Universität Berlin (Dr.-Ing., 1970) and doctoral supervision of subsequent researchers
- Employer(s): [not available]
- Field(s): Computer science

## Contributions
The available records for Klaus Waldschmidt document his doctoral-level research and his role in academic mentorship. He completed a Dr.-Ing. at Technische Universität Berlin in 1970 under the supervision of Wolfgang Giloi. That doctoral credential places him in formal academic genealogy records (Mathematics Genealogy Project ID 227050). In his role as advisor, he supervised at least two doctoral students who later completed doctorates: Bernd Klauer (Dr. phil. nat., Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, 1995) and Christoph Grimm (Dr. rer. nat., Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, 2000). These supervisory relationships are the primary documented concrete outcomes tied to his professional record in the sources provided. Catalog and authority identifiers associated with Waldschmidt include VIAF ID 85584805 and national library or author identifiers (nl_cr_aut_id xx0045001), which serve to link his publications and academic record across bibliographic and academic databases.

## FAQs
### Q: Who is Klaus Waldschmidt?
A: Klaus Waldschmidt is a computer scientist who earned a Dr.-Ing. from Technische Universität Berlin in 1970 and is recorded as an academic advisor to subsequent doctoral researchers.

### Q: When and where did he receive his doctorate?
A: He received a Dr.-Ing. from Technische Universität Berlin in 1970.

### Q: Who supervised Klaus Waldschmidt's doctorate?
A: His doctoral advisor was Wolfgang Giloi.

### Q: Who were some of his doctoral students?
A: Documented doctoral students include Bernd Klauer (completed a doctorate in 1995 at Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main) and Christoph Grimm (completed a doctorate in 2000 at the same institution).

## Why They Matter
Klaus Waldschmidt’s recorded significance lies in his position within an academic lineage in computer science. By completing a Dr.-Ing. at Technische Universität Berlin in 1970, he became part of a formal chain of doctoral mentorship extending from his advisor, Wolfgang Giloi, to the next generation of researchers he supervised. His supervision of Bernd Klauer and Christoph Grimm, both of whom later completed doctorates at Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, demonstrates a concrete transmission of training and research capacity across institutions and years. The presence of authority identifiers (VIAF 85584805) and a Mathematics Genealogy Project entry (ID 227050) ensures that his contributions to academic mentorship and authorship are recorded and discoverable in bibliographic and genealogical databases. Without such recorded mentorship and doctoral supervision, the documented continuity of research training represented by these records would be weaker; his role helps to connect mid-20th-century German computer-science scholarship to researchers active in later decades.

## Notable For
- Earning a Dr.-Ing. from Technische Universität Berlin in 1970.
- Having Wolfgang Giloi as his doctoral advisor.
- Serving as doctoral advisor to Bernd Klauer (Dr. phil. nat., 1995) and Christoph Grimm (Dr. rer. nat., 2000).
- Presence in academic and bibliographic authority systems (VIAF ID 85584805; Mathematics Genealogy Project ID 227050).
- Recorded identity as a computer scientist in structured academic sources.

## Body
### Education and degree
- Dr.-Ing., Technische Universität Berlin, 1970.
- Degree and year are recorded in structured sources and in the Wikidata description.

### Academic lineage
- Doctoral advisor: Wolfgang Giloi (1930–2009), a German computer scientist.
- Doctoral students: Bernd Klauer and Christoph Grimm, both documented as having completed doctorates at Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main (Klauer 1995, Grimm 2000).

### Professional identity
- Occupation recorded as: computer scientist.
- Gender recorded as male.
- Instance: human.

### Identifiers and records
- VIAF ID: 85584805.
- Mathematics Genealogy Project ID: 227050.
- National library / author ID (nl_cr_aut_id): xx0045001.

### Documented outputs and legacy
- The primary documented outputs available in the cited sources are his 1970 Dr.-Ing. degree and his role as doctoral supervisor of at least two later doctorate holders.
- These records establish his presence in academic genealogy and bibliographic authority systems.

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## References

1. Mathematics Genealogy Project