NEC Professor of Software Science and Engineering at MIT
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The NEC Professor of Software Science and Engineering at MIT is an endowed faculty chair in computer science held by renowned theoretical computer scientist Nancy Lynch.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20836667 — 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: NEC Professor of Software Science and Engineering at MIT Context triple: [Nancy Lynch, positionHeld, NEC Professor of Software Science and Engineering at MIT]
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An Wang Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Harvard University
The An Wang Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair recognizing a leading scholar in the fields of electrical engineering and computer science.
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Institute Professor at MIT
Institute Professor at MIT is the highest faculty rank at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, reserved for a small number of exceptionally distinguished scholars recognized for outstanding contributions to their fields.
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Allen B. Cutting Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University
The Allen B. Cutting Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed faculty chair in Harvard's computer science department, once held by programming languages and security researcher Greg Morrisett.
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D.
Boeing Professor of Software Engineering at USC
The Boeing Professor of Software Engineering at USC is an endowed academic chair at the University of Southern California focused on advancing research and education in software engineering.
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E.
Irwin and Joan Jacobs Professor in Computer Science and Engineering at UC San Diego
The Irwin and Joan Jacobs Professor in Computer Science and Engineering at UC San Diego is a distinguished endowed faculty chair in the university’s CSE department, historically held by prominent computer scientists such as Ronald L. Graham.
- 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: NEC Professor of Software Science and Engineering at MIT Target entity description: The NEC Professor of Software Science and Engineering at MIT is an endowed faculty chair in computer science held by renowned theoretical computer scientist Nancy Lynch.
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A.
An Wang Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Harvard University
The An Wang Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair recognizing a leading scholar in the fields of electrical engineering and computer science.
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B.
Institute Professor at MIT
Institute Professor at MIT is the highest faculty rank at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, reserved for a small number of exceptionally distinguished scholars recognized for outstanding contributions to their fields.
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C.
Allen B. Cutting Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University
The Allen B. Cutting Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed faculty chair in Harvard's computer science department, once held by programming languages and security researcher Greg Morrisett.
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D.
Boeing Professor of Software Engineering at USC
The Boeing Professor of Software Engineering at USC is an endowed academic chair at the University of Southern California focused on advancing research and education in software engineering.
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E.
Irwin and Joan Jacobs Professor in Computer Science and Engineering at UC San Diego
The Irwin and Joan Jacobs Professor in Computer Science and Engineering at UC San Diego is a distinguished endowed faculty chair in the university’s CSE department, historically held by prominent computer scientists such as Ronald L. Graham.
- F. None of above. chosen
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