Mads Tofte

Danish computer scientist
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Mads Tofte

Summary

Mads Tofte is a human[1]. His place of birth was Kongens Lyngby[2]. He was born on April 20, 1959[3]. He worked as a computer scientist[4], university teacher[5], academic administrator[6], and programmer[7]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21 views/month, #7,294 of 1,000,298).[8]

Key Facts

  • Mads Tofte was born in Kongens Lyngby[2].
  • Mads Tofte's place of birth was Lyngby[9].
  • Mads Tofte was born on April 20, 1959[3].
  • Mads Tofte held citizenship in Kingdom of Denmark[10].
  • Mads Tofte's professions included computer scientist[4].
  • Mads Tofte's professions included university teacher[5].
  • Mads Tofte's professions included academic administrator[6].
  • Mads Tofte's professions included programmer[7].
  • Mads Tofte's field of work was computer science[11].
  • Mads Tofte's field of work was computer programming[12].
  • Mads Tofte was educated at University of Edinburgh[13].
  • Mads Tofte's education included a stint at University of Copenhagen[14].
  • Mads Tofte's doctoral advisor was Robin Milner[15].
  • Mads Tofte's doctoral advisor was Neil D. Jones[16].
  • Mads Tofte was a member of Q55222368[17].
  • Mads Tofte is recorded as male[18].
  • Mads Tofte's instance of is recorded as human[19].
  • Mads Tofte supervised Martin Elsman as a doctoral student[20].
  • Mads Tofte's family name is recorded as Tofte[21].
  • Mads Tofte's given name is recorded as Mads[22].
  • Mads Tofte's official website is recorded as https://www.itu.dk/people/tofte/[23].
  • Mads Tofte's work location is recorded as Copenhagen[24].
  • Mads Tofte's work location is recorded as Edinburgh[25].
  • Mads Tofte's academic thesis is recorded as Operational semantics and polymorphic type inference[26].
  • Mads Tofte's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as English[27].

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Origins and Family

Recorded place of birth include Kongens Lyngby[2], a suburb[28], in Denmark[29] and Lyngby[9], a town[30], in Denmark[31]. Mads Tofte was born on April 20, 1959[3].

Education

Educated at University of Edinburgh[13], a public university[32], in United Kingdom[33], founded in 1583[34], headquartered in Edinburgh[35] and University of Copenhagen[14], a public research university[36], in Denmark[37], founded in 1479[38]. Doctoral advisors include Robin Milner[15], a computer scientist[39], 1934–2010[40], of United Kingdom[41], awarded the Turing Award[42], specialised in computer science[43] and Neil D. Jones[16], a computer scientist[44], 1941–2023[45], of Kingdom of Denmark[46], awarded the Programming Languages Achievement Award[47], specialised in computer science[48].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include computer scientist[4], university teacher[5], academic administrator[6], and programmer[7]. Fields of work include computer science[11], an academic discipline[49] and computer programming[12], an academic discipline[50]. Mads Tofte supervised Martin Elsman as a doctoral student[20].

Why It Matters

Mads Tofte ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21 views/month, #7,294 of 1,000,298).[8]

His notable doctoral advisees include Martin Elsman[51], a university teacher[52].

FAQs

Where was Mads Tofte born?

Mads Tofte was born in Kongens Lyngby[2].

What did Mads Tofte do for work?

Mads Tofte worked as computer scientist[4], university teacher[5], academic administrator[6], and programmer[7].

Where did Mads Tofte go to school?

Mads Tofte was educated at University of Edinburgh[13] and University of Copenhagen[14].

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  1. [2] . itu.dk. Retrieved . itu.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  13. [7] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . E-Theses Online Service. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  1. [51] . wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  23. [48] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  24. [52] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [8] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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