Marc Pollefeys

Belgian electrical engineer, computer scientist and professor at ETH Zurich
Person human Q29472684
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Summary

Marc Pollefeys was born on May 1, 1971[1], in Anderlecht[2]. He has worked as a computer scientist[3] and university teacher[4]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (51 views/month, #7,300 of 1,000,298).[5]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: Switzerland[6]
  • Employer: ETH Zurich[7], University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill[8]
  • Educated at: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven[9]
  • Doctoral advisor: Luc J. van Gool[10]
  • Award received: IEEE Fellow[11], Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering[12], Marr Prize[13], ACM Fellow[14]
  • Member of: Association for Computing Machinery[15]
  • Sex or gender: male[16]
  • Family name: Pollefeys[17]
  • Given name: Marc[18]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics[19]

FAQs

Where was Marc Pollefeys born?

Marc Pollefeys's place of birth was Anderlecht[2].

What did Marc Pollefeys do for work?

Marc Pollefeys worked as a computer scientist[3] and university teacher[4].

Where did Marc Pollefeys go to school?

Marc Pollefeys was educated at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven[9].

What awards did Marc Pollefeys receive?

Honors received include IEEE Fellow[11], Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering[12], Marr Prize[13], and ACM Fellow[14].

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . people.inf.ethz.ch. people.inf.ethz.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . packard.org. packard.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . thecvf.com. thecvf.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . acm.org. Retrieved . acm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [10] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . acm.org. Retrieved . acm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [5] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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