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Wietse Venema

Dutch computer scientist
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Facts

14 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[14]
Date of birth
1951
Place of birth
Netherlands
Country of citizenship
Kingdom of the Netherlands[6]
Occupation
physicist, computer scientist, programmer
Employer
IBM, Eindhoven University of Technology[8][9]
Field of work
computer programming[7]
Educated at
University of Groningen[10]
Award received
FSF Award for the Advancement of Free Software[13]
Official website
www.porcupine.org[17]
Doctoral advisor
Rolf Siemssen, David Atkinson[11][12]
Family name
Venema[15]
Given name
Wietse[16]
🏷️ Also known as
en Wietse Venema en Wietse Zweitze Venema de Wietse Venema es Wietse Zweitze Venema fa ویتس ونما fi Wietse Zweitze Venema fr Wietse Zweitze Venema ja ヴィーツェ・ヴェネマ nl Wietse Zweitze Venema nl W. Venema pl Wietse Zweitze Venema ru Wietse Venema ru Венема, Виетc ru Венема, Виетс ru Виетc Венема ru Витсе Венема sv Venema
🔖 Identifiers · 19
ISNI
0000000394990617
ORCID iD
0000-0003-4127-7519
VIAF cluster ID
301940221
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Wietse Venema.jpg ↗
ACM Digital Library author ID
81100004266
CONOR.SI ID
133688931
DBLP author ID
170/8132
Freebase ID
/m/02m9hz
IdRef ID
130265195
KBR person ID
14661486
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
237750
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007323652405171
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National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810529981705606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
070208115
Notable Names Database ID
968/000031875
Scopus author ID
6603186644
U.S. Copyright Office Public Records System name ID
Venema, Wietse
Yale LUX ID
person/1982bdf9-580d-40d5-a58f-9a744b088605
ZbMATH author ID
venema.w-z

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Occupation 4
physicist, programmer, computer scientist, software engineer
Employer 2
IBM, Eindhoven University of Technology
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Award received 1
FSF Award for the Advancement of Free Software
Country of citizenship 1
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Educated at 1
University of Groningen
Field of work 1
computer programming
Instance of 1
human
Place of birth 1
Netherlands
Sex or gender 1
male
← Creator 1
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Vogtländisches Oberland
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Summary

Wietse Venema was born in 1951[1] in Netherlands[2]. He has worked as a physicist[3], computer scientist[4], and programmer[5].

FAQs

Where was Wietse Venema born?

Wietse Venema's place of birth was Netherlands[2].

What did Wietse Venema do for work?

Wietse Venema worked as a physicist[3], computer scientist[4], and programmer[5].

Where did Wietse Venema go to school?

Wietse Venema was educated at University of Groningen[10].

What awards did Wietse Venema receive?

Honors received include FSF Award for the Advancement of Free Software[13].

Related Entities

computer programming computer scientist Eindhoven University of Technology IBM Kingdom of the Netherlands Netherlands Postfix programmer software engineer

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . fsf.org. Retrieved . fsf.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  14. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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