Vikram Adve
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Vikram Adve is a computer scientist best known as a co-creator of the LLVM compiler infrastructure and a professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Vikram Adve canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2716418 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vikram Adve Context triple: [LLVM, originalDeveloper, Vikram Adve]
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A.
Sanjay Jain
Sanjay Jain is an economist recognized for his academic contributions and scholarship associated with the Delhi School of Economics.
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B.
Vijay Joshi
Vijay Joshi is an Indian economist known for his influential work on macroeconomic policy and development, particularly in the context of the Indian economy.
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C.
Manik Talwani
Manik Talwani is a geophysicist known for his pioneering work in gravity and magnetic field studies of the Earth and for his influential research conducted at Columbia University's Lamont Geological Observatory.
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D.
Rajeev Misra
Rajeev Misra is an Indian-born financier and executive best known for leading SoftBank’s Vision Fund, one of the world’s largest technology investment funds.
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E.
Laxman Narasimhan
Laxman Narasimhan is an Indian-American business executive best known as the chief executive officer of Starbucks and former CEO of Reckitt Benckiser.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vikram Adve Target entity description: Vikram Adve is a computer scientist best known as a co-creator of the LLVM compiler infrastructure and a professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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A.
Sanjay Jain
Sanjay Jain is an economist recognized for his academic contributions and scholarship associated with the Delhi School of Economics.
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B.
Vijay Joshi
Vijay Joshi is an Indian economist known for his influential work on macroeconomic policy and development, particularly in the context of the Indian economy.
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C.
Manik Talwani
Manik Talwani is a geophysicist known for his pioneering work in gravity and magnetic field studies of the Earth and for his influential research conducted at Columbia University's Lamont Geological Observatory.
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D.
Rajeev Misra
Rajeev Misra is an Indian-born financier and executive best known for leading SoftBank’s Vision Fund, one of the world’s largest technology investment funds.
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E.
Laxman Narasimhan
Laxman Narasimhan is an Indian-American business executive best known as the chief executive officer of Starbucks and former CEO of Reckitt Benckiser.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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computer scientist ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| affiliation |
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
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surface form:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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| areaOfInfluence |
open-source compiler infrastructure
ⓘ
software development tools ⓘ |
| coauthoredWith |
Chris Lattner
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Mary K. Vernon ⓘ |
| coCreatorOf | LLVM ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | India ⓘ |
| degree |
B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering
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Ph.D. in Computer Science ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Mary K. Vernon ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
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University of Wisconsin–Madison ⓘ |
| employer |
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
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surface form:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
|
| fieldOfWork |
compiler technology
ⓘ
computer science ⓘ programming languages ⓘ software systems ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
high-performance computing
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systems research ⓘ |
| hasAcademicRank | full professor ⓘ |
| hasRole |
advisor
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researcher ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| influenced | design of modern compiler infrastructures ⓘ |
| knownFor |
co-creating the LLVM compiler infrastructure
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research on compilers ⓘ research on parallel computing ⓘ research on programming languages ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ |
| memberOf |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Computer Science
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surface form:
Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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| notableProject |
LLVM
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surface form:
LLVM intermediate representation
LLVM-based compiler tools ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Chris Lattner ⓘ |
| notableWork |
LLVM
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surface form:
LLVM compiler infrastructure
|
| occupation | professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Professor of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
compiler optimizations
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heterogeneous computing ⓘ intermediate representations for compilers ⓘ parallel programming models ⓘ software reliability ⓘ |
| workInstitution |
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
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surface form:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Subject: Vikram Adve Description of subject: Vikram Adve is a computer scientist best known as a co-creator of the LLVM compiler infrastructure and a professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.