Urs Hölzle

Swiss computer scientist
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Urs Hölzle

Summary

Urs Hölzle is a human[1]. He was born on +2000-01-01T00:00:00Z[2]. He worked as a computer scientist[3]. He ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (85 views/month, #7,233 of 1,000,298).[4]

Key Facts

  • Urs Hölzle was born on +2000-01-01T00:00:00Z[2].
  • Urs Hölzle held citizenship in Switzerland[5].
  • Urs Hölzle worked as a computer scientist[3].
  • Among Urs Hölzle's employers was Google[6].
  • Urs Hölzle was educated at ETH Zurich[7].
  • Urs Hölzle's education included a stint at Stanford University[8].
  • Urs Hölzle's doctoral advisor was David Ungar[9].
  • A notable work attributed to Urs Hölzle is Optimizing dynamically-typed object-oriented languages with polymorphic inline caches[10].
  • A notable work attributed to Urs Hölzle is Optimizing dynamically-dispatched calls with run-time type feedback[11].
  • A notable work attributed to Urs Hölzle is Web search for a planet: the google cluster architecture[12].
  • A notable work attributed to Urs Hölzle is The Datacenter as a Computer: An Introduction to the Design of Warehouse-Scale Machines[13].
  • A notable work attributed to Urs Hölzle is The Datacenter as a Computer: An Introduction to the Design of Warehouse-Scale Machines, Second edition[14].
  • Urs Hölzle received the Fulbright Scholarship[15].
  • Urs Hölzle received the ACM Fellow[16].
  • Urs Hölzle received the Google Fellow[17].
  • Urs Hölzle received the Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[18].
  • Urs Hölzle was a member of Association for Computing Machinery[19].
  • Urs Hölzle's image is recorded as Urs Holzle 2014.jpg[20].
  • Urs Hölzle is recorded as male[21].
  • Urs Hölzle's instance of is recorded as human[22].
  • Urs Hölzle supervised Raimondas Lencevicius as a doctoral student[23].
  • Urs Hölzle supervised Jeffrey George Bogda as a doctoral student[24].
  • Urs Hölzle's ISNI is recorded as 0000000032079199[25].
  • Urs Hölzle's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 73098177[26].
  • Urs Hölzle's GND ID is recorded as 1117162346[27].

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Origins and Family

Urs Hölzle was born on +2000-01-01T00:00:00Z[2].

Education

Educated at ETH Zurich[7], an institute of technology[28], in Switzerland[29], founded in 1855[30], headquartered in ETH Zurich main building[31] and Stanford University[8], a private university[32], in United States[33], founded in 1885[34], headquartered in Stanford[35]. Urs Hölzle's doctoral advisor was David Ungar[9].

Career and Affiliations

Urs Hölzle's professions included computer scientist[3]. Among his employers was Google[6]. Doctoral students include Raimondas Lencevicius[23], a computer scientist[36] and Jeffrey George Bogda[24], a computer scientist[37].

Works and Contributions

Notable works include Optimizing dynamically-typed object-oriented languages with polymorphic inline caches[10]; Optimizing dynamically-dispatched calls with run-time type feedback[11]; Web search for a planet: the google cluster architecture[12]; The Datacenter as a Computer: An Introduction to the Design of Warehouse-Scale Machines[13], a version, edition or translation[38]; and The Datacenter as a Computer: An Introduction to the Design of Warehouse-Scale Machines, Second edition[14].

Recognition

Awards received include Fulbright Scholarship[15], a scholarship[39], in United States[40], founded in 1946[41]; ACM Fellow[16], a fellowship award[42]; Google Fellow[17]; and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[18], a fellowship award[43], in United States[44], founded in 1874[45].

Why It Matters

Urs Hölzle ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (85 views/month, #7,233 of 1,000,298).[4] He has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] He is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

His notable doctoral advisees include Raimondas Lencevicius[48], a computer scientist[49] and Jeffrey George Bogda[50], a computer scientist[51].

FAQs

What did Urs Hölzle do for work?

Urs Hölzle worked as computer scientist[3].

Where did Urs Hölzle go to school?

Urs Hölzle was educated at ETH Zurich[7] and Stanford University[8].

What awards did Urs Hölzle receive?

Honors received include Fulbright Scholarship[15], ACM Fellow[16], Google Fellow[17], and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[18].

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  1. [48] . wikidata.org. → on this site
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  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  20. [51] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [4] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [46] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [47] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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