David Ungar

American computer scientist
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Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[18]
Date of birth
March 19, 1954
Country of citizenship
United States[4]
Field of work
computer science[5]
Birth date
1954-03-19
Citizenship
United States
Doctoral advisor
David A. Patterson[9]
Doctoral student
Urs Hölzle, Craig Chambers, Bay-Wei W. Chang, Ole Agesen[19][20][21][22]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English
Affiliation
Apple Inc.
Family name
Ungar
Github username
davidungar
Given name
David
Member of
Association for Computing Machinery (2010–present)[17]
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DA01580562
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109103326
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David Ungar.jpg ↗
ACM Digital Library author ID
81100365263
BIBSYS ID
90167668
BabelNet ID
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CiNii Research ID
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84/5937
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GitHub account
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IdRef ID
196987326
LinkedIn personal profile ID
davidungar
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
65708
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2041937263
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA01580562
National Library of Israel ID (old)
004328456
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007317833505171
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
073428469
Open Library ID
OL1069766A
RERO ID (legacy)
A009010018
ResearchGate profile ID
David_Ungar2
Scopus author ID
7003785060
Semantic Scholar author ID
1722615
WorldCat Entities ID
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senderPath (2011–present)

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Summary

David Ungar was born on March 19, 1954[1]. He worked as a computer scientist[2] and researcher[3].

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Career and Affiliations

Employers include IBM Research[6], a laboratory[23], in United States[24], founded in 1945[25] and Stanford University[7], a private university[26], in United States[27], founded in 1885[28], headquartered in Stanford[29]. Doctoral students include Urs Hölzle[19], a computer scientist[30], b. 2000[31], of Switzerland[32], awarded the Fulbright Scholarship[33]; Craig Chambers[20], a computer scientist[34], awarded the Dahl–Nygaard Prize[35], specialised in distributed computing[36]; Bay-Wei W. Chang[21]; and Ole Agesen[22].

Works and Contributions

Notable works include Self[10], a programming language[37], founded in 1987[38]; Optimizing dynamically-typed object-oriented languages with polymorphic inline caches[11]; and Optimizing dynamically-dispatched calls with run-time type feedback[12].

Recognition

Awards received include Dahl–Nygaard Prize[13], an award[39]; ACM Fellow[14], a fellowship award[40]; ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award[15], an academic award[41], in United States[42], founded in 1978[43]; and ACM Distinguished Member[16], a science award[44].

Why It Matters

His notable doctoral advisees include Urs Hölzle[45], a computer scientist[46], b. 2000[47], of Switzerland[48], awarded the Fulbright Scholarship[49] and Craig Chambers[50], a computer scientist[51], awarded the Dahl–Nygaard Prize[52], specialised in distributed computing[53].

FAQs

What did David Ungar do for work?

David Ungar worked as computer scientist[2] and researcher[3].

Where did David Ungar go to school?

David Ungar was educated at University of California, Berkeley[8].

What awards did David Ungar receive?

Honors received include Dahl–Nygaard Prize[13], ACM Fellow[14], ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award[15], and ACM Distinguished Member[16].

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