Tom Knight

American scientist
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Tom Knight

Summary

Tom Knight is a human[1]. He worked as a computer scientist[2]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23 views/month, #7,278 of 1,000,298).[3]

Key Facts

  • Tom Knight's professions included computer scientist[2].
  • Tom Knight was employed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology[4].
  • Tom Knight was employed by Ginkgo Bioworks[5].
  • Tom Knight was educated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology[6].
  • Tom Knight's doctoral advisor was Gerald Jay Sussman[7].
  • Tom Knight received the Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[8].
  • Tom Knight is recorded as male[9].
  • Tom Knight's instance of is recorded as human[10].
  • Tom Knight supervised Phillip Alvelda as a doctoral student[11].
  • Tom Knight supervised Matthew Erin Becker as a doctoral student[12].
  • Tom Knight supervised Carlin James Vieri as a doctoral student[13].
  • Tom Knight supervised Michael Patrick Frank as a doctoral student[14].
  • Tom Knight supervised Rajeev J. Surati as a doctoral student[15].
  • Tom Knight supervised Andre Maurice Dehon as a doctoral student[16].
  • Tom Knight supervised Michael Bolotski as a doctoral student[17].
  • Tom Knight supervised Ron Weiss as a doctoral student[18].
  • Tom Knight supervised Piotr Mitros as a doctoral student[19].
  • Tom Knight supervised Mark N. Seidel as a doctoral student[20].
  • Tom Knight's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 38411254[21].
  • Tom Knight's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n86826279[22].
  • Tom Knight's Mathematics Genealogy Project ID is recorded as 61045[23].
  • Tom Knight's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04lrmb[24].
  • Tom Knight's family name is recorded as Knight[25].
  • Tom Knight's given name is recorded as Thomas[26].
  • Tom Knight's DBLP author ID is recorded as 20/4394[27].

Body

Education

Tom Knight was educated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology[6]. His doctoral advisor was Gerald Jay Sussman[7].

Career and Affiliations

Tom Knight's professions included computer scientist[2]. Employers include Massachusetts Institute of Technology[4], a university[28], in United States[29], founded in 1861[30], headquartered in Cambridge[31] and Ginkgo Bioworks[5], a business[32], in United States[33], founded in 2009[34], headquartered in Boston[35]. Doctoral students include Phillip Alvelda[11]; Matthew Erin Becker[12]; Carlin James Vieri[13], a scientist[36]; Michael Patrick Frank[14]; Rajeev J. Surati[15]; and Andre Maurice Dehon[16].

Recognition

Tom Knight received the Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[8].

Why It Matters

Tom Knight ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23 views/month, #7,278 of 1,000,298).[3]

FAQs

What did Tom Knight do for work?

Tom Knight worked as computer scientist[2].

Where did Tom Knight go to school?

Tom Knight was educated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology[6].

What awards did Tom Knight receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[8].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] . wikidata.org.
  2. [10] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  4. [2] . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . aaas.org. aaas.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [7] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . 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] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . 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
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [3] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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