Jeannette M. Wing
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Jeannette M. Wing is a prominent computer scientist known for her influential work on formal methods, software reliability, and the advocacy of "computational thinking" in education and research.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jeannette M. Wing canonical | 3 |
| Jeannette Wing | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3839531 — 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: Jeannette M. Wing Context triple: [ACM Distinguished Service Award, notableRecipient, Jeannette M. Wing]
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A.
Edward D. Lazowska
Edward D. Lazowska is an American computer scientist known for his influential work in computer systems and performance evaluation, as well as his leadership in computing research and education policy.
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B.
Barbara Liskov
Barbara Liskov is an American computer scientist renowned for her pioneering work in programming languages, data abstraction, and distributed systems, and is one of the first women to receive the Turing Award.
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C.
Jeffrey D. Ullman
Jeffrey D. Ullman is a prominent American computer scientist known for his foundational contributions to database theory, algorithms, and formal languages, and for coauthoring several classic textbooks in computer science.
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D.
Peter J. Denning
Peter J. Denning is an American computer scientist renowned for his foundational work in operating systems, particularly virtual memory, and for his leadership in advancing the science and practice of computing.
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E.
Andrew G. Myers
Andrew G. Myers is an American organic chemist renowned for his contributions to complex molecule synthesis and medicinal chemistry.
- 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: Jeannette M. Wing Target entity description: Jeannette M. Wing is a prominent computer scientist known for her influential work on formal methods, software reliability, and the advocacy of "computational thinking" in education and research.
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A.
Edward D. Lazowska
Edward D. Lazowska is an American computer scientist known for his influential work in computer systems and performance evaluation, as well as his leadership in computing research and education policy.
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B.
Barbara Liskov
Barbara Liskov is an American computer scientist renowned for her pioneering work in programming languages, data abstraction, and distributed systems, and is one of the first women to receive the Turing Award.
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C.
Jeffrey D. Ullman
Jeffrey D. Ullman is a prominent American computer scientist known for his foundational contributions to database theory, algorithms, and formal languages, and for coauthoring several classic textbooks in computer science.
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D.
Peter J. Denning
Peter J. Denning is an American computer scientist renowned for his foundational work in operating systems, particularly virtual memory, and for his leadership in advancing the science and practice of computing.
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E.
Andrew G. Myers
Andrew G. Myers is an American organic chemist renowned for his contributions to complex molecule synthesis and medicinal chemistry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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computer scientist ⓘ person ⓘ researcher ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery
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surface form:
ACM Fellow
American Academy of Arts and Sciences fellowship ⓘ
surface form:
American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow
IEEE Fellow ⓘ National Academy of Engineering membership ⓘ |
| citizenship |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| degree |
PhD in Computer Science
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SB in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science ⓘ SM in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | John Guttag ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
computational thinking
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computer science ⓘ formal methods ⓘ security and privacy ⓘ software engineering ⓘ software reliability ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasRole |
advocate for integrating computational thinking into education
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research leader in computer science ⓘ |
| influenced |
computing education policy
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research agendas in computer science and engineering ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy of computational thinking
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leadership in computer science research policy ⓘ research on formal methods ⓘ research on software specification and verification ⓘ work on software dependability ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Association for Computing Machinery
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ⓘ |
| notableConcept | computational thinking ⓘ |
| notableWork | Computational Thinking (2006 essay) ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Assistant Director for Computer and Information Science and Engineering at the National Science Foundation
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Avanessians Director of the Data Science Institute at Columbia University ⓘ Corporate Vice President of Microsoft Research ⓘ Head of the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University ⓘ Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University ⓘ Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University ⓘ Vice President of Microsoft Research ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
security and privacy in computing
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specification and verification of software systems ⓘ trustworthy computing ⓘ |
| workInstitution |
CMU
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surface form:
Carnegie Mellon University
Columbia University ⓘ Microsoft Research ⓘ National Science Foundation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Jeannette M. Wing Description of subject: Jeannette M. Wing is a prominent computer scientist known for her influential work on formal methods, software reliability, and the advocacy of "computational thinking" in education and research.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Jeannette Wing
ACM SIGCSE Award for Outstanding Contributions to Computer Science Education
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notableRecipient
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Jeannette M. Wing
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