Thad Starner

American computer scientist
Person human Q7708947
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Thad Starner

Summary

Thad Starner is a human[1]. He worked as an academic[2], university teacher[3], and computer scientist[4]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21 views/month, #7,281 of 1,000,298).[5]

Key Facts

  • Thad Starner held citizenship in United States[6].
  • Thad Starner worked as an academic[2].
  • Thad Starner worked as a university teacher[3].
  • Thad Starner worked as a computer scientist[4].
  • Thad Starner was employed by Georgia Tech[7].
  • Thad Starner was employed by Google[8].
  • Thad Starner's doctoral advisor was Alex Pentland[9].
  • Thad Starner is recorded as male[10].
  • Thad Starner's instance of is recorded as human[11].
  • Thad Starner supervised Kent Lyons as a doctoral student[12].
  • Thad Starner supervised David C. Minnen as a doctoral student[13].
  • Thad Starner supervised Daniel Ashbrook as a doctoral student[14].
  • Thad Starner supervised Pei Yin as a doctoral student[15].
  • Thad Starner supervised Tracy Westeyn as a doctoral student[16].
  • Thad Starner's Mathematics Genealogy Project ID is recorded as 90565[17].
  • Thad Starner's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02yp3r[18].
  • Thad Starner's given name is recorded as Thad[19].
  • Thad Starner's official website is recorded as https://www.cc.gatech.edu/~thad/[20].
  • Thad Starner's Google Scholar author ID is recorded as qr8Vo9IAAAAJ[21].
  • Thad Starner's X is recorded as thadstarner[22].
  • Thad Starner's DBLP author ID is recorded as s/ThadStarner[23].
  • Thad Starner's LinkedIn personal profile ID is recorded as thad-starner-2a71b99[24].
  • Thad Starner's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+1223'}[25].
  • Thad Starner's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+1213'}[26].

Body

Education

Thad Starner's doctoral advisor was Alex Pentland[9].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include academic[2], university teacher[3], and computer scientist[4]. Employers include Georgia Tech[7], a public research university[27], in United States[28], founded in 1885[29], headquartered in Atlanta[30] and Google[8], a business[31], in United States[32], founded in 1998[33], headquartered in Mountain View[34]. Doctoral students include Kent Lyons[12], David C. Minnen[13], Daniel Ashbrook[14], Pei Yin[15], and Tracy Westeyn[16].

Why It Matters

Thad Starner ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21 views/month, #7,281 of 1,000,298).[5] He is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

FAQs

What did Thad Starner do for work?

Thad Starner worked as academic[2], university teacher[3], and computer scientist[4].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [10] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [11] . wikidata.org.
  4. [2] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] . cc.gatech.edu. Retrieved . cc.gatech.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [8] . cc.gatech.edu. Retrieved . cc.gatech.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [9] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [34] . 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. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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