Norman Margolus

American physicist and computer scientist
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Norman Margolus is a physicist and computer scientist. He was educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Alberta[1].

Norman Margolus

Summary

Norman Margolus is a human[1]. He was born on +1955-01-01T00:00:00Z[2]. He worked as a physicist[3] and computer scientist[4]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14 views/month, #7,291 of 1,000,298).[5]

Key Facts

  • Norman Margolus was born on +1955-01-01T00:00:00Z[2].
  • Norman Margolus held citizenship in United States[6].
  • Norman Margolus's professions included physicist[3].
  • Norman Margolus worked as a computer scientist[4].
  • Norman Margolus was educated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology[7].
  • Norman Margolus was educated at University of Alberta[8].
  • Norman Margolus's doctoral advisor was Edward Fredkin[9].
  • Norman Margolus is recorded as male[10].
  • Norman Margolus's instance of is recorded as human[11].
  • Norman Margolus's ISNI is recorded as 0000000117525944[12].
  • Norman Margolus's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 3904154260824024480009[13].
  • Norman Margolus's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n85298564[14].
  • Norman Margolus's IdRef ID is recorded as 110646444[15].
  • Norman Margolus's Mathematics Genealogy Project ID is recorded as 204272[16].
  • Norman Margolus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0gfcz6y[17].
  • Norman Margolus's family name is recorded as Margolus[18].
  • Norman Margolus's given name is recorded as Norman[19].
  • Norman Margolus's given name is recorded as Howard[20].
  • Norman Margolus's official website is recorded as https://people.csail.mit.edu/nhm/[21].
  • Norman Margolus's ACM Digital Library author ID is recorded as 81100351548[22].
  • Norman Margolus studied under Edward Fredkin[23].
  • Norman Margolus's Scopus author ID is recorded as 6603018499[24].
  • Norman Margolus's NUKAT ID is recorded as n2006119801[25].
  • Norman Margolus's zbMATH author ID is recorded as margolus.norman-h[26].
  • Norman Margolus's Google Scholar author ID is recorded as mtD6bLYAAAAJ[27].

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Origins and Family

Norman Margolus was born on +1955-01-01T00:00:00Z[2].

Education

Educated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology[7], a university[28], in United States[29], founded in 1861[30], headquartered in Cambridge[31] and University of Alberta[8], an autonomous university[32], in Canada[33], founded in 1906[34], headquartered in Edmonton[35]. Norman Margolus's doctoral advisor was Edward Fredkin[9]. He studied under Edward Fredkin[23].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include physicist[3] and computer scientist[4].

Works and Contributions

Things named for Norman Margolus include Margolus–Levitin theorem[36], a physical law[37].

Why It Matters

Norman Margolus ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14 views/month, #7,291 of 1,000,298).[5] He is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

Entities named for him include Margolus–Levitin theorem[36], a physical law[37].

His notable doctoral advisees include Raissa M. D'Souza[39], a computer scientist[40], b. 1969[41], of United States[42], awarded the Fellow of the American Physical Society[43].

FAQs

What did Norman Margolus do for work?

Norman Margolus worked as physicist[3] and computer scientist[4].

Where did Norman Margolus go to school?

Norman Margolus was educated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology[7] and University of Alberta[8].

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  1. [10] . wikidata.org.
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  4. [7] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  8. [9] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
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  12. [15] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [39] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [36] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  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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  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [5] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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