Thor I. Fossen

Norwegian scientist
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Thor I. Fossen

Summary

Thor I. Fossen is a human[1]. He was born on +1963-01-03T00:00:00Z[2]. He worked as a computer scientist[3], engineer[4], scientist[5], and university teacher[6]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month, #7,299 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • Thor I. Fossen was born on +1963-01-03T00:00:00Z[2].
  • Thor I. Fossen was born on +1963-01-01T00:00:00Z[8].
  • Thor I. Fossen held citizenship in Norway[9].
  • Thor I. Fossen worked as a computer scientist[3].
  • Thor I. Fossen's professions included engineer[4].
  • Thor I. Fossen's professions included scientist[5].
  • Thor I. Fossen worked as a university teacher[6].
  • Thor I. Fossen's field of work was guidance system[10].
  • Thor I. Fossen's field of work was cybernetics[11].
  • Thor I. Fossen's field of work was automatic control[12].
  • Thor I. Fossen's field of work was computer security[13].
  • Thor I. Fossen was employed by Norwegian University of Science and Technology[14].
  • Thor I. Fossen's doctoral advisor was Jens Balchen[15].
  • Thor I. Fossen received the IEEE Fellow[16].
  • Thor I. Fossen was a member of Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences[17].
  • Thor I. Fossen's image is recorded as Thor I. Fossen.jpg[18].
  • Thor I. Fossen is recorded as male[19].
  • Thor I. Fossen's instance of is recorded as human[20].
  • Thor I. Fossen supervised Ivar-Andre F. Ihle as a doctoral student[21].
  • Thor I. Fossen supervised Roger Skjetne as a doctoral student[22].
  • Thor I. Fossen supervised Ole Morten Aamo as a doctoral student[23].
  • Thor I. Fossen's ISNI is recorded as 0000000117278381[24].
  • Thor I. Fossen's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 167060961[25].
  • Thor I. Fossen's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n94028879[26].
  • Thor I. Fossen's IdRef ID is recorded as 164017941[27].

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Origins and Family

Recorded date of birth include +1963-01-03T00:00:00Z[2] and +1963-01-01T00:00:00Z[8].

Education

Thor I. Fossen's doctoral advisor was Jens Balchen[15].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include computer scientist[3], engineer[4], scientist[5], and university teacher[6]. Fields of work include guidance system[10]; cybernetics[11], an academic discipline[28]; automatic control[12], a type of regulation and control[29]; and computer security[13], an industry[30]. Thor I. Fossen was employed by Norwegian University of Science and Technology[14]. Doctoral students include Ivar-Andre F. Ihle[21]; Roger Skjetne[22]; and Ole Morten Aamo[23], a researcher[31].

Recognition

Thor I. Fossen received the IEEE Fellow[16].

Why It Matters

Thor I. Fossen ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month, #7,299 of 1,000,298).[7] He is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

FAQs

What did Thor I. Fossen do for work?

Thor I. Fossen worked as computer scientist[3], engineer[4], scientist[5], and university teacher[6].

What awards did Thor I. Fossen receive?

Honors received include IEEE Fellow[16].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [18] . wikidata.org.
  2. [19] . Norwegian Authority File: Persons and Corporate Bodies. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] . wikidata.org.
  4. [20] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [4] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [5] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [6] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  16. [21] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  17. [22] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  18. [23] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  19. [24] . wikidata.org.
  20. [25] . wikidata.org.
  21. [26] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [27] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [17] . wikidata.org.
  24. [2] . Yale LUX. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [8] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . 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

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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