Tim Roughgarden

American computer scientist
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Tim Roughgarden

Summary

Tim Roughgarden is a human[1]. He was born on +1975-07-20T00:00:00Z[2]. He worked as a computer scientist[3], university teacher[4], and researcher[5]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33 views/month, #7,280 of 1,000,298).[6]

Key Facts

  • Tim Roughgarden was born on +1975-07-20T00:00:00Z[2].
  • Tim Roughgarden was born on +1975-01-01T00:00:00Z[7].
  • Tim Roughgarden held citizenship in United States[8].
  • Tim Roughgarden worked as a computer scientist[3].
  • Tim Roughgarden's professions included university teacher[4].
  • Tim Roughgarden's professions included researcher[5].
  • Tim Roughgarden's field of work was game theory[9].
  • Tim Roughgarden's field of work was informatics[10].
  • Tim Roughgarden's field of work was microeconomics[11].
  • Tim Roughgarden's field of work was computer science[12].
  • Among Tim Roughgarden's employers was Stanford University[13].
  • Among Tim Roughgarden's employers was Columbia University[14].
  • Tim Roughgarden's doctoral advisor was Éva Tardos[15].
  • Tim Roughgarden received the Gödel Prize[16].
  • Tim Roughgarden received the Grace Murray Hopper Award[17].
  • Tim Roughgarden received the Social Choice and Welfare Prize[18].
  • Tim Roughgarden received the Guggenheim Fellowship[19].
  • Tim Roughgarden received the Frederick W. Lanchester Prize[20].
  • Tim Roughgarden received the ACM Fellow[21].
  • Tim Roughgarden was a member of Association for Computing Machinery[22].
  • Tim Roughgarden is recorded as male[23].
  • Tim Roughgarden's instance of is recorded as human[24].
  • Tim Roughgarden supervised Mukund Sundararajan as a doctoral student[25].
  • Tim Roughgarden supervised Shaddin Dughmi as a doctoral student[26].
  • Tim Roughgarden supervised Inbal Talgam-Cohen as a doctoral student[27].

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Origins and Family

Recorded date of birth include +1975-07-20T00:00:00Z[2] and +1975-01-01T00:00:00Z[7].

Education

Tim Roughgarden's doctoral advisor was Éva Tardos[15].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include computer scientist[3], university teacher[4], and researcher[5]. Fields of work include game theory[9], a branch of mathematics[28]; informatics[10], an academic major[29], founded in 1957[30]; microeconomics[11], a theory[31]; and computer science[12], an academic discipline[32]. Employers include Stanford University[13], a private university[33], in United States[34], founded in 1885[35], headquartered in Stanford[36] and Columbia University[14], a private university[37], in United States[38], founded in 1754[39], headquartered in Manhattan[40]. Doctoral students include Mukund Sundararajan[25], Shaddin Dughmi[26], Inbal Talgam-Cohen[27], Kostas (Konstantinos) Kollias[41], Kshipra Bhawalkar[42], and Qiqi Yan[43].

Recognition

Awards received include Gödel Prize[16], a science award[44], founded in 1992[45]; Grace Murray Hopper Award[17], an award[46], in United States[47], founded in 1971[48]; Social Choice and Welfare Prize[18], an award[49]; Guggenheim Fellowship[19], a fellowship grant[50], in United States[51], founded in 1925[52]; Frederick W. Lanchester Prize[20], an award[53], in United States[54], founded in 1954[55]; and ACM Fellow[21], a fellowship award[56].

Why It Matters

Tim Roughgarden ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33 views/month, #7,280 of 1,000,298).[6] He is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]

FAQs

What did Tim Roughgarden do for work?

Tim Roughgarden worked as computer scientist[3], university teacher[4], and researcher[5].

What awards did Tim Roughgarden receive?

Honors received include Gödel Prize[16], Grace Murray Hopper Award[17], Social Choice and Welfare Prize[18], and Guggenheim Fellowship[19].

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  1. [23] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  4. [9] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  9. [4] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . cs.cornell.edu. cs.cornell.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . cs.cornell.edu. cs.cornell.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . sigact.org. sigact.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] . Guggenheim Fellows database. wikidata.org.
  17. [20] . informs.org. informs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [21] . acm.org. Retrieved . acm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [15] . wikidata.org.
  20. [25] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  21. [26] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  22. [27] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  23. [41] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  24. [42] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  25. [43] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  26. [22] . acm.org. Retrieved . acm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [2] . wikidata.org.
  28. [7] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  10. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  16. [46] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  17. [47] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  18. [48] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  19. [49] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  20. [50] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  21. [51] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  22. [52] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  23. [53] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  24. [54] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  25. [55] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  26. [56] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [6] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [57] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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