Yihui Xie

data scientist, developer of R software
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Yihui Xie

Summary

Yihui Xie is a human[1]. His place of birth was People's Republic of China[2]. He worked as a software engineer[3] and data scientist[4]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month, #7,297 of 1,000,298).[5]

Key Facts

  • Yihui Xie was born in People's Republic of China[2].
  • Yihui Xie worked as a software engineer[3].
  • Yihui Xie worked as a data scientist[4].
  • Among Yihui Xie's employers was Posit PBC[6].
  • Yihui Xie was educated at Iowa State University[7].
  • Yihui Xie was educated at Renmin University of China[8].
  • Yihui Xie's doctoral advisor was Dianne Cook[9].
  • Yihui Xie's doctoral advisor was Heike Hofmann[10].
  • Yihui Xie is recorded as male[11].
  • Yihui Xie's instance of is recorded as human[12].
  • Yihui Xie's ISNI is recorded as 0000000409971890[13].
  • Yihui Xie's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 304347667[14].
  • Yihui Xie's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2013038236[15].
  • Yihui Xie's IdRef ID is recorded as 172794153[16].
  • Yihui Xie's ORCID iD is recorded as 0000-0003-0645-5666[17].
  • Yihui Xie's Mathematics Genealogy Project ID is recorded as 179870[18].
  • Yihui Xie's family name is recorded as Xie[19].
  • Yihui Xie's official website is recorded as https://yihui.org/en/[20].
  • Yihui Xie's official website is recorded as https://yihui.org/cn/[21].
  • Yihui Xie's Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID is recorded as 364535598[22].
  • Yihui Xie's BIBSYS ID is recorded as 13061478[23].
  • Yihui Xie's Scopus author ID is recorded as 55661402000[24].
  • Yihui Xie's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as Chinese[25].
  • Yihui Xie's zbMATH author ID is recorded as xie.yihui[26].
  • Yihui Xie's Google Scholar author ID is recorded as lkjqsd4AAAAJ[27].

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Origins and Family

Yihui Xie was born in People's Republic of China[2].

Education

Educated at Iowa State University[7], a public research university[28], in United States[29], founded in 1858[30], headquartered in Ames[31] and Renmin University of China[8], a public university[32], in People's Republic of China[33], founded in 1937[34], headquartered in Beijing[35]. Doctoral advisors include Dianne Cook[9], a statistician[36], of Australia[37], awarded the Fellow of the American Statistical Association[38] and Heike Hofmann[10], a statistician[39], b. 1972[40], of Germany[41], awarded the Fellow of the American Statistical Association[42], specialised in statistics[43].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include software engineer[3] and data scientist[4]. Among Yihui Xie's employers was Posit PBC[6].

Why It Matters

Yihui Xie ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month, #7,297 of 1,000,298).[5]

FAQs

Where was Yihui Xie born?

Yihui Xie was born in People's Republic of China[2].

What did Yihui Xie do for work?

Yihui Xie worked as software engineer[3] and data scientist[4].

Where did Yihui Xie go to school?

Yihui Xie was educated at Iowa State University[7] and Renmin University of China[8].

References

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  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [10] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . 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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  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
  10. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  16. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [5] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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