Saman Amarasinghe

Ph.D. Stanford University 1997
Person human Q102090384
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Saman Amarasinghe

Summary

Saman Amarasinghe is a human[1]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (32 views/month, #7,300 of 1,000,298).[2]

Key Facts

  • Saman Amarasinghe was employed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology[3].
  • Saman Amarasinghe was educated at Stanford University[4].
  • Saman Amarasinghe's doctoral advisor was Monica S. Lam[5].
  • Saman Amarasinghe received the ACM Fellow[6].
  • Saman Amarasinghe was a member of Association for Computing Machinery[7].
  • Saman Amarasinghe is recorded as male[8].
  • Saman Amarasinghe's instance of is recorded as human[9].
  • Saman Amarasinghe supervised Michael Bedford Taylor as a doctoral student[10].
  • Saman Amarasinghe supervised Matthew Ian Frank as a doctoral student[11].
  • Saman Amarasinghe supervised Rajeev Kumar Barua as a doctoral student[12].
  • Saman Amarasinghe supervised Derek Lane Bruening as a doctoral student[13].
  • Saman Amarasinghe supervised Samuel Barton Larsen as a doctoral student[14].
  • Saman Amarasinghe supervised Mark William Stephenson as a doctoral student[15].
  • Saman Amarasinghe supervised Walter Cheng-Wan Lee as a doctoral student[16].
  • Saman Amarasinghe supervised Michael Ian Gordon as a doctoral student[17].
  • Saman Amarasinghe supervised William Frederick Thies as a doctoral student[18].
  • Saman Amarasinghe supervised Jason Andrew Ansel as a doctoral student[19].
  • Saman Amarasinghe supervised Jonathan Millard Ragan-Kelley as a doctoral student[20].
  • Saman Amarasinghe supervised David Cheng-Ping Wang as a doctoral student[21].

Body

Education

Saman Amarasinghe's education included a stint at Stanford University[4]. His doctoral advisor was Monica S. Lam[5].

Career and Affiliations

Among Saman Amarasinghe's employers was Massachusetts Institute of Technology[3]. Doctoral students include Michael Bedford Taylor[10], Matthew Ian Frank[11], Rajeev Kumar Barua[12], Derek Lane Bruening[13], Samuel Barton Larsen[14], and Mark William Stephenson[15].

Recognition

Saman Amarasinghe received the ACM Fellow[6].

Why It Matters

Saman Amarasinghe ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (32 views/month, #7,300 of 1,000,298).[2]

FAQs

Where did Saman Amarasinghe go to school?

Saman Amarasinghe was educated at Stanford University[4].

What awards did Saman Amarasinghe receive?

Honors received include ACM Fellow[6].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . acm.org. Retrieved . acm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [5] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . 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. [7] . acm.org. Retrieved . acm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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    Member of Association for Computing Machinery
    Educated at Stanford University
    Doctoral student Michael Bedford Taylor, Matthew Ian Frank, Rajeev Kumar Barua +9
    Mathematics genealogy project id 71326
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