K. Ramakrishnan
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K. Ramakrishnan is a computer scientist known for his influential work on Internet congestion control and active queue management, including co-authoring the Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) specification.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| K. K. Ramakrishnan | 1 |
| K. Ramakrishnan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3081802 — 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: K. Ramakrishnan Context triple: [RFC 3168, author, K. Ramakrishnan]
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C. R. Krishnaswami
C. R. Krishnaswami was an Indian figure known primarily as the son of C. Rajagopalachari, the last Governor-General of India and a prominent statesman.
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B.
R. Venkataraman
R. Venkataraman was an Indian lawyer, freedom fighter, and statesman who served as the eighth President of India from 1987 to 1992.
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C.
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.
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D.
T N Srinivasan
T. N. Srinivasan was a prominent Indian economist known for his influential work in development economics, international trade, and economic policy, and for his long association with leading academic institutions in India and abroad.
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E.
N. Rangasamy
N. Rangasamy is an Indian politician who has served multiple terms as the Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Puducherry and is known for founding the All India N.R. Congress party.
- 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: K. Ramakrishnan Target entity description: K. Ramakrishnan is a computer scientist known for his influential work on Internet congestion control and active queue management, including co-authoring the Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) specification.
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A.
C. R. Krishnaswami
C. R. Krishnaswami was an Indian figure known primarily as the son of C. Rajagopalachari, the last Governor-General of India and a prominent statesman.
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B.
R. Venkataraman
R. Venkataraman was an Indian lawyer, freedom fighter, and statesman who served as the eighth President of India from 1987 to 1992.
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C.
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.
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D.
T N Srinivasan
T. N. Srinivasan was a prominent Indian economist known for his influential work in development economics, international trade, and economic policy, and for his long association with leading academic institutions in India and abroad.
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E.
N. Rangasamy
N. Rangasamy is an Indian politician who has served multiple terms as the Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Puducherry and is known for founding the All India N.R. Congress party.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer scientist
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researcher ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering
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PhD in Computer Science ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
ACM SIGCOMM Test of Time Award
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AT&T Fellow ⓘ |
| coAuthorOf | RFC 3168 ⓘ |
| countryOfWork |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| educatedAt |
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
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University of Maryland ⓘ
surface form:
University of Maryland, College Park
|
| employer |
AT&T Labs – Research
ⓘ
surface form:
AT&T Labs-Research
Bell Telephone Laboratories ⓘ
surface form:
Bell Labs
Digital Equipment Corporation ⓘ Rutgers University ⓘ University of California, San Diego ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Internet congestion control
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active queue management ⓘ computer networking ⓘ |
| hasCitizenship |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasPublicationType |
RFCs
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surface form:
RFC
|
| knownFor |
co-authoring the Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) specification
ⓘ
work on Internet congestion control ⓘ work on active queue management ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
ACM
ⓘ
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ⓘ
surface form:
IEEE
|
| notableWork |
The Addition of Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) to IP
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surface form:
Explicit Congestion Notification
Random Early Detection (RED) related research ⓘ work on differentiated services and QoS in the Internet ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
distinguished member of technical staff at AT&T Labs-Research
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professor of computer science at Rutgers University ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
network protocols
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quality of service in IP networks ⓘ traffic management ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: K. Ramakrishnan Description of subject: K. Ramakrishnan is a computer scientist known for his influential work on Internet congestion control and active queue management, including co-authoring the Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) specification.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.