André van der Hoek
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André van der Hoek is a prominent software engineering researcher and academic known for influential contributions to software design, configuration management, and collaborative development environments.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| André van der Hoek canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: André van der Hoek Context triple: [ACM SIGSOFT Outstanding Research Award, hasRecipient, André van der Hoek]
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A.
Roelf Steenhuis
Roelf Steenhuis is a Dutch architect best known as one of the founding figures of the architecture firm Mecanoo.
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B.
Roel van Velzen
Roel van Velzen is a Dutch singer-songwriter, musician, and television personality best known as the frontman of the pop-rock band VanVelzen and as a coach on The Voice of Holland.
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C.
André Rouvoet
André Rouvoet is a Dutch politician of the ChristianUnion party who served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Youth and Family Affairs in the Netherlands.
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D.
Sander Dieleman
Sander Dieleman is a machine learning researcher known for his influential work in deep learning for audio and music, including contributions to models such as WaveNet.
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E.
Barend Biesheuvel
Barend Biesheuvel was a Dutch politician of the Anti-Revolutionary Party who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1971 to 1973.
- 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: André van der Hoek Target entity description: André van der Hoek is a prominent software engineering researcher and academic known for influential contributions to software design, configuration management, and collaborative development environments.
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A.
Roelf Steenhuis
Roelf Steenhuis is a Dutch architect best known as one of the founding figures of the architecture firm Mecanoo.
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B.
Roel van Velzen
Roel van Velzen is a Dutch singer-songwriter, musician, and television personality best known as the frontman of the pop-rock band VanVelzen and as a coach on The Voice of Holland.
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C.
André Rouvoet
André Rouvoet is a Dutch politician of the ChristianUnion party who served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Youth and Family Affairs in the Netherlands.
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D.
Sander Dieleman
Sander Dieleman is a machine learning researcher known for his influential work in deep learning for audio and music, including contributions to models such as WaveNet.
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E.
Barend Biesheuvel
Barend Biesheuvel was a Dutch politician of the Anti-Revolutionary Party who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1971 to 1973.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer science academic
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person ⓘ software engineering researcher ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Netherlands ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Colorado Boulder
NERFINISHED
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University of Twente NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | University of California, Irvine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
collaborative software development
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configuration management ⓘ software design ⓘ software development environments ⓘ software engineering ⓘ |
| knownFor |
research on collaborative development environments
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research on configuration management ⓘ research on software design ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Dutch
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English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Department of Informatics, University of California, Irvine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | André van der Hoek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
publications on configuration management and software evolution
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research on design environments for software engineering ⓘ |
| occupation | professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld | chair of the Department of Informatics, University of California, Irvine ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
collaborative software engineering
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software configuration management ⓘ software design processes ⓘ software development tools ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: André van der Hoek Description of subject: André van der Hoek is a prominent software engineering researcher and academic known for influential contributions to software design, configuration management, and collaborative development environments.
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