Nancy M. Amato

American computer scientist
Person human Q15994879
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Summary

Nancy M. Amato was born on 1950[1] in Portland[2]. She has worked as a computer scientist[3] and engineer[4]. She ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (91 views/month, #7,256 of 1,000,298).[5]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: United States[6]
  • Field of work: informatics[7]
  • Employer: Texas A&M University[8], University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign[9]
  • Educated at: Stanford University[10], University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign[11], University of California, Berkeley[12]
  • Doctoral advisor: Franco P. Preparata[13]
  • Award received: AAAI Fellow[14], ACM Fellow[15], IEEE Fellow[16], Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[17], NCWIT Harrold and Notkin Research and Graduate Mentoring Award[18], Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[19]
  • Member of: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers[20], Association for Computing Machinery[21], American Academy of Arts and Sciences[22]
  • Sex or gender: female[23]
  • Doctoral student: Jyh-Ming Lien[24], Steven Albert Wilmarth[25], Ilie Gabriel Tanase[26], Daniel Vallejo[27], Lucia Dale[28], Guang Song[29], Osman Burchan Bayazit[30], Lydia Tapia[31], Samuel Rodriguez[32], Shawna Thomas[33], Marco Morales[34], Xinyu Tang[35], Jinsuck Kim[36], Roger Pearce[37]
  • Family name: Amato[38]
  • Given name: Nancy[39], Marie[40]
  • Official website: https://parasol.tamu.edu/people/amato/[41]

Why It Matters

Nancy M. Amato has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] She is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

Her notable doctoral advisees include Guang Song[44], a computer scientist[45], of People's Republic of China[46].

FAQs

Where was Nancy M. Amato born?

Nancy M. Amato's place of birth was Portland[2].

What did Nancy M. Amato do for work?

Nancy M. Amato worked as a computer scientist[3] and engineer[4].

Where did Nancy M. Amato go to school?

Nancy M. Amato was educated at Stanford University[10], University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign[11], and University of California, Berkeley[12].

What awards did Nancy M. Amato receive?

Honors received include AAAI Fellow[14], ACM Fellow[15], IEEE Fellow[16], and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[17].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . engineering.tamu.edu. engineering.tamu.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . cs.illinois.edu. cs.illinois.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . aaai.org. aaai.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . awards.acm.org. Retrieved . awards.acm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . ieeexplore.ieee.org. ieeexplore.ieee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . aaas.org. aaas.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . ncwit.org. Retrieved . ncwit.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . amacad.org. Retrieved . amacad.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [24] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  20. [25] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  21. [26] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  22. [27] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  23. [28] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  24. [29] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  25. [30] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  26. [31] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  27. [32] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  28. [33] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  29. [34] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  30. [35] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  31. [36] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  32. [37] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  33. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [21] ↑ . acm.org. Retrieved . acm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [45] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [46] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [5] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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