Richard E. Stearns

American computer scientist
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Richard E. Stearns

Summary

Richard E. Stearns is a human[1]. His place of birth was Caldwell[2]. He was born on +1936-07-05T00:00:00Z[3]. He worked as a computer scientist[4], engineer[5], university teacher[6], editor[7], and mathematician[8]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14 views/month, #7,287 of 1,000,298).[9]

Key Facts

  • Richard E. Stearns's place of birth was Caldwell[2].
  • Richard E. Stearns was born on +1936-07-05T00:00:00Z[3].
  • Richard E. Stearns held citizenship in United States[10].
  • Richard E. Stearns worked as a computer scientist[4].
  • Richard E. Stearns's professions included engineer[5].
  • Richard E. Stearns worked as a university teacher[6].
  • Richard E. Stearns's professions included editor[7].
  • Richard E. Stearns's professions included mathematician[8].
  • Richard E. Stearns's field of work was computer science[11].
  • Richard E. Stearns's field of work was mathematics[12].
  • Richard E. Stearns's field of work was computational complexity theory[13].
  • Richard E. Stearns's doctoral advisor was Harold W. Kuhn[14].
  • Richard E. Stearns received the Turing Award[15].
  • Richard E. Stearns received the Frederick W. Lanchester Prize[16].
  • Richard E. Stearns received the ACM Fellow[17].
  • Richard E. Stearns received the distinguished professor[18].
  • Richard E. Stearns was a member of Association for Computing Machinery[19].
  • Richard E. Stearns's image is recorded as Dick Stearns (cropped).jpg[20].
  • Richard E. Stearns is recorded as male[21].
  • Richard E. Stearns's instance of is recorded as human[22].
  • Richard E. Stearns supervised Madhav Marathe as a doctoral student[23].
  • Richard E. Stearns's ISNI is recorded as 0000000116381774[24].
  • Richard E. Stearns's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 49328389[25].
  • Richard E. Stearns's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n84804726[26].
  • Richard E. Stearns's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 124971588[27].

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Origins and Family

Richard E. Stearns was born in Caldwell[2]. He was born on +1936-07-05T00:00:00Z[3].

Education

Richard E. Stearns's doctoral advisor was Harold W. Kuhn[14].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include computer scientist[4], engineer[5], university teacher[6], editor[7], and mathematician[8]. Fields of work include computer science[11], an academic discipline[28]; mathematics[12], an academic discipline[29]; and computational complexity theory[13], an academic discipline[30]. Richard E. Stearns supervised Madhav Marathe as a doctoral student[23].

Recognition

Awards received include Turing Award[15], a science award[31], in United States[32], founded in 1966[33]; Frederick W. Lanchester Prize[16], an award[34], in United States[35], founded in 1954[36]; ACM Fellow[17], a fellowship award[37]; and distinguished professor[18], a position[38].

Why It Matters

Richard E. Stearns ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14 views/month, #7,287 of 1,000,298).[9] He has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] He is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

FAQs

Where was Richard E. Stearns born?

Born in Caldwell[2], Richard E. Stearns…

What did Richard E. Stearns do for work?

Richard E. Stearns worked as computer scientist[4], engineer[5], university teacher[6], editor[7], and mathematician[8].

What awards did Richard E. Stearns receive?

Honors received include Turing Award[15], Frederick W. Lanchester Prize[16], ACM Fellow[17], and distinguished professor[18].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [20] . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . amturing.acm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . cs.albany.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [22] . Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] . Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] . Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [4] . Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved . computerhope.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [5] . wikidata.org.
  11. [6] . Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved . amturing.acm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [7] . amturing.acm.org. Retrieved . amturing.acm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [8] . Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . amturing.acm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . informs.org. Retrieved . informs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . awards.acm.org. Retrieved . awards.acm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . amturing.acm.org. Retrieved . amturing.acm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [14] . wikidata.org.
  19. [23] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  20. [24] . wikidata.org.
  21. [25] . wikidata.org.
  22. [26] . wikidata.org.
  23. [27] . wikidata.org.
  24. [19] . awards.acm.org. Retrieved . awards.acm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [3] . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . amturing.acm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [9] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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