Walter Gander

Swiss computer scientist and professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich (born 1944)
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25 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[14]
Date of birth
May 24, 1944
Place of birth
Saanen
Country of citizenship
Switzerland[5]
Educated at
ETH Zurich[11]
Birth date
1944-05-24
Citizenship
Switzerland
Doctoral student
Bert Pohl, Stephan Andreas Schmälzle, Rolf Strebel, Stefan Bondeli, Urs von Matt, Michael Oettli, David Sourlier, Volker Strumpen, Pedro Gonnet[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]
Languages spoken, written or signed
German, French, English
Birth place
Saanen
Family name
Gander
Given name
Walter
Kalliope verbund (gnd) id
1012150275
Library of congress authority id
n88621772
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics
Municipal affiliation of a Swiss national
Saanen
National library of israel j9u id
987007431949005171
Viaf id
2573652
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2573652
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BDELIS ID
80659
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
124808558
Curriculum vitae URL
people.inf.ethz.ch
DBLP author ID
g/WGander
DDB person (GND) ID
1012150275
Described at URL
people.inf.ethz.ch
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
1012150275
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J9U entity ID
987007431949005171
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
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MR Author ID
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Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
54314
NL CR AUT ID
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NUKAT ID
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Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
114757747
Prabook ID
1402188
SHARE Catalogue author ID
42532
UOM ID
3559
WorldCat Entities ID
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ZbMATH author ID
gander.walter

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Summary

Born in Saanen[1], he… he was born on May 24, 1944[2]. He worked as a computer scientist[3] and university teacher[4].

Body

Education

Doctoral advisors include Peter Henrici[12], a mathematician[24], 1923–1987[25], of United States[26], specialised in numerical analysis[27] and Peter Läuchli[13], a mathematician[28], 1928–2021[29], of Switzerland[30].

Career and Affiliations

Fields of work include informatics[6], an academic major[31], founded in 1957[32]; linear algebra[7], a branch of mathematics[33]; numerical analysis[8], a branch of mathematics[34]; and computer science[9], an academic discipline[35]. Doctoral students include Bert Pohl[15]; Stephan Andreas Schmälzle[16], b. 1965[36], of Germany[37]; Rolf Strebel[17]; Stefan Bondeli[18]; Urs von Matt[19]; and Michael Oettli[20].

FAQs

Where was Walter Gander born?

Walter Gander's place of birth was Saanen[1].

What did Walter Gander do for work?

Walter Gander worked as computer scientist[3] and university teacher[4].

Where did Walter Gander go to school?

Walter Gander was educated at ETH Zurich[11].

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  2. [14] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  22. [23] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  23. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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