Robert C. Berwick

computational linguistics and computer science and engineering professor at MIT
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Summary

Robert C. Berwick was born on 1951[1]. He has worked as a researcher[2], computer scientist[3], linguist[4], and university teacher[5]. He is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[6]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: United States[7]
  • Field of work: computing[8], linguistics[9], computational linguistics[10]
  • Employer: Massachusetts Institute of Technology[11]
  • Educated at: Harvard University[12], Massachusetts Institute of Technology[13]
  • Doctoral advisor: Noam Chomsky[14]
  • Notable work: Why Only Us: Language and Evolution[15]
  • Award received: Guggenheim Fellowship[16]
  • Sex or gender: male[17]
  • Doctoral student: Bonnie J. Dorr[18], Charles Yang[19], Eric Sven Ristad[20], Jeffrey Mark Siskind[21], Gina-Anne Levow[22], Carl Gustave de Marcken[23], Sandiway Fong[24], Michael Brian Kashket[25], George Edward Barton, Jr.[26]
  • Family name: Berwick[27]
  • Given name: Robert[28], C.[29]
  • Work location: Cambridge[30]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: English[31]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics[32]

Why It Matters

Robert C. Berwick's notable doctoral advisees include Bonnie J. Dorr[33], a computer scientist[34], awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers[35], specialised in computer science[36].

FAQs

What did Robert C. Berwick do for work?

Robert C. Berwick worked as a researcher[2], computer scientist[3], linguist[4], and university teacher[5].

Where did Robert C. Berwick go to school?

Robert C. Berwick was educated at Harvard University[12] and Massachusetts Institute of Technology[13].

What awards did Robert C. Berwick receive?

Honors received include Guggenheim Fellowship[16].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [17] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . catalogue.bnf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [13] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [4] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [5] ↑ . Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . Guggenheim Fellows database. wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  19. [22] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  20. [23] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  21. [24] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  22. [25] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  23. [26] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  24. [1] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [6] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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