Scott E. Fahlman

Computer scientist at Carnegie Mellon University
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Scott E. Fahlman
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Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[13]
Date of birth
March 21, 1948
Place of birth
Medina
Country of citizenship
United States[6]
Field of work
computer science[7]
Position held
professor emeritus (1978–present)[8]
Award received
AAAI Fellow (2003)[11]
Official website
www.cs.cmu.edu[23]
Doctoral advisor
Gerald Jay Sussman[10]
Doctoral student
David S. Touretzky, Michael Witbrock, David Blair McDonald, Donald Cohen, Justin A. Boyan, Skef Wholey[14][15][16][17][18][19]
Family name
Fahlman[20]
🏷️ Also known as
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ACM Digital Library author ID
81452611799
Academic Tree ID
11541
AskArt person ID
11367080
BIBSYS ID
90097135
CiNii Research ID
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DBLP author ID
16/3174
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
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Google Scholar author ID
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J9U entity ID
987007272959005171
Justia Patents inventor ID
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LinkedIn personal profile ID
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Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
50064
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA01875271
NUKAT ID
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Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
072023376
Prabook ID
1877587
Quora username
Scott-E-Fahlman
RERO ID (legacy)
A003229112
ResearchGate profile ID
Scott-Fahlman
SHARE Catalogue author ID
303989
Scopus author ID
6603046828
Topic's main category
Category:Scott Fahlman
WorldCat Entities ID
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ZbMATH author ID
fahlman.scott-e

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Scott E. Fahlman was born on March 21, 1948, in Medina. He holds United States citizenship. Fahlman is a computer scientist, university teacher, and artificial intelligence researcher by occupation[1]. He received his education from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Fahlman is employed by Carnegie Mellon University and works in the field of computer science. Throughout his career, he has been recognized as an AAAI Fellow[2]. At Carnegie Mellon University, Fahlman has held the position of professor emeritus since 1978[3].

Why It Matters

Scott E. Fahlman's notable doctoral advisees include David S. Touretzky[24], a university teacher[25], b. 2000[26], of United States[27], awarded the ACM Distinguished Member[28]; Justin A. Boyan[29], a computer scientist[30]; and Skef Wholey[31], a computer scientist[32].

FAQs

Where was Scott E. Fahlman born?

Scott E. Fahlman was born in Medina[2].

What did Scott E. Fahlman do for work?

Scott E. Fahlman worked as a computer scientist[3], university teacher[4], and artificial intelligence researcher[5].

What awards did Scott E. Fahlman receive?

Honors received include AAAI Fellow[11].

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  10. [11] ↑ . aaai.org. aaai.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
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  5. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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