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Richard E. Stearns

American computer scientist
Person Human Q92822

Facts

23 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[25]
Date of birth
July 5, 1936
Date of death
August 29, 2026
Place of birth
Caldwell
Place of death
Ann Arbor
Country of citizenship
United States[10]
Occupation
computer scientist, engineer, university teacher, editor, mathematician
Employer
State University of New York at Albany, New York University, General Electric[14][15][16]
Field of work
computer science, mathematics, computational complexity theory[11][12][13]
Educated at
Princeton University, Carleton College[17][18]
Award received
Turing Award, Frederick W. Lanchester Prize, ACM Fellow, distinguished professor[20][21][22][23]
Official website
www.cs.albany.edu, www.cs.albany.edu[30][31]
Doctoral advisor
Harold W. Kuhn[19]
Doctoral student
Madhav Marathe[26]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[32]
Affiliation
University of Virginia[33]
Different from
Richard Stearns[34]
Erdős number
+3[35]
Family name
Stearns[27]
Given name
Richard, Edwin[28][29]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[36]
Member of
Association for Computing Machinery[24]
🏷️ Also known as
en R. E. Stearns en Richard Stearns en Richard E. Stearns en Richard Edwin Stearns en Dick Stearns ar ريتشارد ستيرنز cs Richard E. Stearns de Dick Stearns de Richard Edwin Stearns es Richard E Stearns es Richard Edwin Stearns es Richard E. Stearns fa ریچارد استیرنز fr Richard Edwin Stearns fr Richard E. Stearns ja リチャード・スターンズ ko 리처드 스턴스 ko 리처드 에드윈 스턴스 ko 리처드 E. 스턴스 pl Richard Edwin Stearns
🔖 Identifiers · 43
ISNI
0000000116381774
VIAF cluster ID
49328389
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n84804726
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Dick Stearns (cropped).jpg ↗
ACM Digital Library author ID
81.5B (81.5B–81.5B, n=3)
Academic Tree ID
533280
Awards & Winners artist ID
01sqtx
BIBSYS ID
90841081
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
124971588
Bing entity ID
c69c5f8b-ef7b-e424-fcb9-0ccc2785b8a0
CANTIC ID
981058507874506706
CiNii Research ID
1140282266577837312
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Curriculum vitae URL
www.cs.albany.edu, biocomplexity.virginia.edu
DBLP author ID
s/RichardEdwinStearns
Dimensions author ID
010117720530.72
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Richard-Edwin-Stearns
Freebase ID
/m/01sqtx
Goodreads author ID
18453695
IEEE Xplore author ID
37837330300, 37088354295
IdRef ID
03418774X
J9U entity ID
987007333465105171
MR Author ID
205914
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
27178
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA0503206X
NL CR AUT ID
vut2010439809
NUKAT ID
n98035712
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:Csmx;=Cl
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9812073940505606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
071957871
Obálky knih ID
vut2010439809
OpenReview.net profile ID
Richard_Edwin_Stearns1
Prabook ID
1945384
RERO ID (legacy)
A003859544
ResearchGate contributions ID
70808456
SHARE Catalogue author ID
104609
Scopus author ID
7006322071
Semantic Scholar author ID
2520473
Share-VDE 1.0 author ID
3612065
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058507874506706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
a1332615
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJbMdG9fgyRG8ywcRJJCcP
Yale LUX ID
person/eca659af-30f0-4c8f-9078-ad8a30e53405
ZbMATH author ID
stearns.richard-e

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Occupation 5
mathematician, engineer, computer scientist, editor, university teacher
Award received 4
Turing Award, distinguished professor, ACM Fellow, Frederick W. Lanchester Prize
Field of work 3
mathematics, computer science, computational complexity theory
Educated at 2
Princeton University, Carleton College
Employer 2
General Electric, State University of New York at Albany
Affiliation 1
University of Virginia
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Different from 1
Richard Stearns
Doctoral advisor 1
Harold W. Kuhn
Doctoral advisors 1
Harold W. Kuhn
Given name 1
Richard
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Member of 1
Association for Computing Machinery
Place of birth 1
Caldwell
Sex or gender 1
male
← Different from 1
Richard Stearns
← FactGrid item ID 1
Urmitz
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Summary

Richard E. Stearns was born on July 5, 1936[1], in Caldwell[2]. He died on August 29, 2026[3], in Ann Arbor[4]. He worked as a computer scientist[5], engineer[6], university teacher[7], editor[8], and mathematician[9].

FAQs

Where was Richard E. Stearns born?

Richard E. Stearns's place of birth was Caldwell[2].

Where did Richard E. Stearns die?

Richard E. Stearns died in Ann Arbor[4].

What did Richard E. Stearns do for work?

Richard E. Stearns worked as a computer scientist[5], engineer[6], university teacher[7], editor[8], and mathematician[9].

Where did Richard E. Stearns go to school?

Richard E. Stearns was educated at Princeton University[17] and Carleton College[18].

What awards did Richard E. Stearns receive?

Honors received include Turing Award[20], Frederick W. Lanchester Prize[21], ACM Fellow[22], and distinguished professor[23].

Related Entities

computational complexity theory computer science computer scientist General Electric mathematics United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . amturing.acm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . carleton.edu. carleton.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  4. [10] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . cs.albany.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [17] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved . amturing.acm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [18] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . amturing.acm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [5] ↑ . Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved . computerhope.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [7] ↑ . Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved . amturing.acm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [8] ↑ . amturing.acm.org. Retrieved . amturing.acm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [9] ↑ . Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved . cs.albany.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved . cs.albany.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . amturing.acm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . informs.org. Retrieved . informs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . awards.acm.org. Retrieved . awards.acm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . amturing.acm.org. Retrieved . amturing.acm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [26] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . awards.acm.org. Retrieved . awards.acm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [1] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . amturing.acm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [3] ↑ . carleton.edu. carleton.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . computerhope.com. Retrieved . computerhope.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . ACM Digital Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . biocomplexity.virginia.edu. Retrieved . biocomplexity.virginia.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · Canley · 2026-09-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → Richard, Edwin
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  2. 9w ago · Hard · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of death → Ann Arbor
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