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Ravi Sethi

Indian computer scientist (b. 1947)
Person human Q253960

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[20]
Date of birth
1947
Country of citizenship
India, British Raj, Dominion of India[4][5][6]
Occupation
computer scientist, university teacher
Employer
Pennsylvania State University[14]
Field of work
informatics, computing, mathematics, communication theory, programming language, compiler, computer science[7][8][9][10][11][12][13]
Educated at
Princeton University, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur[15][16]
Award received
ACM Fellow[18]
Doctoral advisor
Jeffrey David Ullman[17]
Doctoral student
Douglas Comer, Andrew Appel, Shui-Fung Lam[21][22][23]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[26]
Family name
Sethi[24]
Given name
Ravi[25]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[27]
Member of
Association for Computing Machinery[19]
🏷️ Also known as
en Ravi Sethi en R. Sethi fa سدی، راوی ja ラビ・セシィ zh 拉维·塞提 zh 拉维·塞西 zh-hant 拉維·塞西
🔖 Identifiers · 44
ISNI
0000000116343612
VIAF cluster ID
46794541
Library of Congress authority ID
n85031546
GND ID
1235693171
ACM Digital Library author ID
81100354362
BIBSYS ID
90337420
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12127588b
BookBrainz author ID
f302a9ae-b621-493f-b226-82aa453fd47a
CANTIC ID
981058615689806706
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf10957545
CiNii Research ID
1140563741580626304
DBLP author ID
34/3026
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Freebase ID
/m/01ghk7
Google Scholar author ID
ID4wZFwAAAAJ
HKCAN ID
9811109812603406
IdRef ID
029709784
KBR person ID
14012345
Libraries Australia ID
35718453
MR Author ID
159090
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
82048
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA00069426
NDL Authority ID
00516134
NL CR AUT ID
ntk20231184518
NLA Trove people ID
1056408
NLAI ID
69336
NLP ID
a0000001251762
NSK (VIAF) ID
000348529
NSK ID
981005803642309366
NUKAT ID
n97027498
National Library of Brazil ID
000351279
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007440338805171
National Library of Korea ID
KAC2018O1869
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:Ba6v;=Bv
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810619503405606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
071712496
Open Library ID
OL452835A
RERO ID (legacy)
A003823681
SBN author ID
RAVV023667
SHARE Catalogue author ID
52914
SNAC ARK ID
w6q38pd2
UOM ID
9289
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058615689806706
Yale LUX ID
group/c05e6d78-2e6c-4819-a962-5b1dbe1329ac
ZbMATH author ID
sethi.ravi
🔗 Connections
Field of work 7
mathematics, computer science, programming language, compiler, computing, informatics, communication theory
Country of citizenship 3
India, British Raj, Dominion of India
Doctoral student 2
Douglas Comer, Andrew Appel
Doctoral students 2
Douglas Comer, Andrew Appel
Educated at 2
Princeton University, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Occupation 2
computer scientist, university teacher
Award received 1
ACM Fellow
Doctoral advisor 1
Jeffrey David Ullman
Doctoral advisors 1
Jeffrey David Ullman
Employer 1
Pennsylvania State University
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Member of 1
Association for Computing Machinery
Named after 1
Sethi–Ullman algorithm
Sex or gender 1
male
Works by author 1
Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools
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Summary

Ravi Sethi was born in 1947[1]. He has worked as a computer scientist[2] and university teacher[3].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Ravi Sethi include Sethi–Ullman algorithm[28], an algorithm[29].

Why It Matters

Works attributed to him include Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools[30], a written work[31], written by Alfred Aho[32]. Entities named for him include Sethi–Ullman algorithm[28], an algorithm[29].

His notable doctoral advisees include Douglas Comer[33], a computer scientist[34], b. 1949[35], of United States[36], awarded the ACM Fellow[37] and Andrew Appel[38], a computer scientist[39], b. 1960[40], of United States[41], awarded the SIGPLAN Distinguished Service Award[42], specialised in programming language[43].

FAQs

What did Ravi Sethi do for work?

Ravi Sethi worked as a computer scientist[2] and university teacher[3].

Where did Ravi Sethi go to school?

Ravi Sethi was educated at Princeton University[15] and Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur[16].

What awards did Ravi Sethi receive?

Honors received include ACM Fellow[18].

Related Entities

Andrew Appel communication theory computer science computer scientist Douglas Comer India informatics Jeffrey David Ullman mathematics programming language

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  1. [20] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  7. [7] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [3] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . awards.acm.org. awards.acm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  22. [19] ↑ . awards.acm.org. Retrieved . awards.acm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [42] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [43] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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