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Charles E. Leiserson

American computer scientist
Person Human Q93028

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18 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[25]
Date of birth
November 10, 1953
Place of birth
Oslo
Country of citizenship
United States[8]
Occupation
computer scientist, engineer, university teacher, businessperson, mathematician
Employer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology[12]
Field of work
mathematics, informatics, computer science[9][10][11]
Educated at
Yale University, Carnegie Mellon University[13][14]
Award received
Presidential Young Investigator Award, Paris Kanellakis Award, ACM Fellow, Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Ken Kennedy Award[17][18][19][20][21][22]
Official website
supertech.csail.mit.edu, people.csail.mit.edu[43][44]
Doctoral advisor
H. T. Kung, Jon Bentley[15][16]
Doctoral student
Thomas H. Cormen, Guy Blelloch, Andrew V. Goldberg, Cynthia A. Phillips, Robert D. Blumofe, Bruce Maggs, Serge Plotkin, Sivan Toledo, Bradley Clair Kuszmaul, Ron Pinter, Sandeep Nautam Bhatt, Ronald Irwin Greenberg, Shlomo Kipnis, Alexander Toichi Ishii, James Kimbrough Park, Marios Papaefthymiou, Keith H. Randall, Matteo Frigo, Jeremy T. Fineman, Jim Sukha, I-Ting Angelina Lee, Kunal Agrawal[26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[45]
Family name
Leiserson[40]
Given name
Charles, Eric[41][42]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics
Member of
Association for Computing Machinery, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics[23][24]
🏷️ Also known as
en Charles E Leiserson en Charles Leiserson en Charles Eric Leiserson en Charles E. Leiserson cs Charles E. Leiserson de Leiserson de Charles Leiserson de Charles Eric Leiserson es Charles E Leiserson fa چارلز ای لیزرسان he צ'ארלס לייזרסון nl Charles E Leiserson ru Лейзерсон ru Лейзерсон, Чарльз ru Лейзерсон Чарльз Эрик ru Чарльз Лейзерсон ru Чарльз Эрик Лейзерсон sv Charles Eric Leiserson uk Чарлз Ерік Лейзерсон zh 查尔斯·雷瑟尔森
🔖 Identifiers · 36
ISNI
0000000116158118
ORCID iD
0000-0001-6386-5552
VIAF cluster ID
32081339
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n82163319
GND ID
140222847
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Charles E Leiserson 2011.jpg ↗
ACM Digital Library author ID
81331497630
Academic Tree ID
688404
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12393913c
BookBrainz author ID
2e807a96-3306-428d-935a-aedac9cbbbf1
CANTIC ID
981058518471806706
DBLP author ID
l/CELeiserson
Show all 36 identifiers +24
Freebase ID
/m/04zmd2
Goodreads author ID
60839
IdRef ID
033030898
J9U entity ID
987007522355305171
KBR person ID
13998119
MR Author ID
207664
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
50312
NL CR AUT ID
ctu2017963960
NLP ID
a0000001038117
NUKAT ID
n97065553
National Library of Latvia ID
000031376
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810631769805606
National Virtual Library of India ID
152067
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
070122865
Open Library ID
OL3328609A
Prabook ID
704175, 2496410
SBN author ID
AQ1V000838
SHARE Catalogue author ID
9699
Scopus author ID
7004322864
UOM ID
2205
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058518471806706
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJpV4ppq6hQ78r3qChQQbd
Yale LUX ID
person/1fe39d0d-6311-409b-b8ba-76cd42b76194
ZbMATH author ID
leiserson.charles-e

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Doctoral student 9
Thomas H. Cormen, Guy Blelloch, Robert D. Blumofe, Ron Pinter, Sivan Toledo, Andrew V. Goldberg, Bruce Maggs, Cynthia A. Phillips +1 more
Doctoral students 9
Thomas H. Cormen, Guy Blelloch, Robert D. Blumofe, Ron Pinter, Sivan Toledo, Andrew V. Goldberg, Bruce Maggs, Cynthia A. Phillips +1 more
Occupation 5
mathematician, engineer, businessperson, computer scientist, university teacher
Award received 4
ACM Fellow, Paris Kanellakis Award, Presidential Young Investigator Award, Ken Kennedy Award
Field of work 3
mathematics, computer science, informatics
Doctoral advisor 2
Jon Bentley, H. T. Kung
Doctoral advisors 2
Jon Bentley, H. T. Kung
Educated at 2
Yale University, Carnegie Mellon University
Given name 2
Charles, Eric
Member of 2
Association for Computing Machinery, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Affiliated with 1
IIT@MIT
Author of 1
AUTOGEN
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Employer 1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Place of birth 1
Oslo
Sex or gender 1
male
← Authored by 1
AUTOGEN
← Developer 1
Cilk
← FactGrid item ID 1
Wachenheim
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Summary

Charles E. Leiserson was born on November 10, 1953[1], in Oslo[2]. He has worked as a computer scientist[3], engineer[4], university teacher[5], businessperson[6], and mathematician[7].

Why It Matters

His notable doctoral advisees include Thomas H. Cormen[46], a computer scientist[47], b. 1956[48], of United States[49], specialised in informatics[50]; Guy Blelloch[51], a computer scientist[52], of United States[53], awarded the ACM Fellow[54], specialised in computer science[55]; Andrew V. Goldberg[56], a computer scientist[57], b. 1960[58], of United States[59], awarded the ACM Fellow[60]; Bruce Maggs[61], a computer scientist[62], awarded the ACM Fellow[63], specialised in informatics[64]; Ron Pinter[65], a computer scientist[66], b. 1953[67], of Israel[68], specialised in computer science[69]; and Cynthia A. Phillips[70], a computer scientist[71], awarded the Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics[72].

FAQs

Where was Charles E. Leiserson born?

Charles E. Leiserson was born in Oslo[2].

What did Charles E. Leiserson do for work?

Charles E. Leiserson worked as a computer scientist[3], engineer[4], university teacher[5], businessperson[6], and mathematician[7].

Where did Charles E. Leiserson go to school?

Charles E. Leiserson was educated at Yale University[13] and Carnegie Mellon University[14].

What awards did Charles E. Leiserson receive?

Honors received include Presidential Young Investigator Award[17], Paris Kanellakis Award[18], ACM Fellow[19], and Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics[20].

Related Entities

Andrew V. Goldberg Bruce Maggs Cilk computer science computer scientist Cynthia A. Phillips Guy Blelloch H. T. Kung informatics Jon Bentley Massachusetts Institute of Technology mathematics Robert D. Blumofe Ron Pinter Serge Plotkin Sivan Toledo Thomas H. Cormen United States

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