Edmund M. Clarke

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academic computer scientist human

Edmund M. Clarke was an American computer scientist best known for co-inventing model checking, a breakthrough technique in formal verification that earned him the Turing Award.

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Label	Occurrences
Edmund M. Clarke canonical	7
Edmund Clarke, E. Allen Emerson, and Joseph Sifakis	1

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Target entity: Edmund M. Clarke
Context triple: [Herbrand Award, notableRecipient, Edmund M. Clarke]

A. Martin Davis
Martin Davis was an American mathematician and logician renowned for his foundational work in computability theory and the Entscheidungsproblem, including contributions to the Davis–Putnam algorithm.
B. Manuel Blum
Manuel Blum is a Venezuelan-American computer scientist and Turing Award laureate renowned for his foundational contributions to computational complexity theory and cryptography.
C. 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.
D. Michael Sipser
Michael Sipser is an American theoretical computer scientist known for his influential work in computational complexity theory and for authoring a widely used textbook on the theory of computation.
E. Elwyn R. Berlekamp
Elwyn R. Berlekamp was an American mathematician and engineer known for his influential work in coding theory, combinatorial game theory, and algorithms.
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: Edmund M. Clarke
Target entity description: Edmund M. Clarke was an American computer scientist best known for co-inventing model checking, a breakthrough technique in formal verification that earned him the Turing Award.

A. Martin Davis
Martin Davis was an American mathematician and logician renowned for his foundational work in computability theory and the Entscheidungsproblem, including contributions to the Davis–Putnam algorithm.
B. Manuel Blum
Manuel Blum is a Venezuelan-American computer scientist and Turing Award laureate renowned for his foundational contributions to computational complexity theory and cryptography.
C. 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.
D. Michael Sipser
Michael Sipser is an American theoretical computer scientist known for his influential work in computational complexity theory and for authoring a widely used textbook on the theory of computation.
E. Elwyn R. Berlekamp
Elwyn R. Berlekamp was an American mathematician and engineer known for his influential work in coding theory, combinatorial game theory, and algorithms.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic ⓘ computer scientist ⓘ human ⓘ
academicDegree	Bachelor of Arts in mathematics ⓘ Master of Arts in mathematics ⓘ PhD in computer science ⓘ
awardReceived	Turing Award ⓘ surface form: ACM A.M. Turing Award Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award ⓘ surface form: ACM Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award AFIPS Harry Goode Memorial Award ⓘ surface form: IEEE Harry H. Goode Memorial Award LICS Test-of-Time Award ⓘ
birthName	Edmund Melson Clarke Jr. ⓘ
birthPlace	Newport News, Virginia ⓘ surface form: Newport News, Virginia, United States
coAuthor	Doron Peled ⓘ Orna Grumberg ⓘ
coInvented	model checking ⓘ
coInventedWith	E. Allen Emerson ⓘ Joseph Sifakis ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1945-07-27 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2020-12-22 ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor	Dexter Kozen ⓘ
educatedAt	Cornell University ⓘ Duke University ⓘ University of Virginia ⓘ
employer	CMU ⓘ surface form: Carnegie Mellon University Duke University ⓘ Harvard University ⓘ
fieldOfWork	computer science ⓘ formal methods ⓘ formal verification ⓘ model checking ⓘ
knownFor	co-inventing model checking ⓘ contributions to formal verification ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
memberOf	Association for Computing Machinery ⓘ Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ⓘ surface form: IEEE
notableStudent	Byron Cook ⓘ Joël Ouaknine ⓘ Kenneth McMillan ⓘ Marta Kwiatkowska ⓘ Somesh Jha ⓘ
notableWork	Model Checking (book) ⓘ Symbolic Model Checking ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ surface form: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
positionHeld	FORE Systems Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University ⓘ Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University ⓘ
researchInterest	hardware verification ⓘ software verification ⓘ temporal logic ⓘ

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Herbrand Award → notableRecipient → Edmund M. Clarke ⓘ

Joseph Sifakis → coRecipientWith → Edmund M. Clarke ⓘ

Symbolic Model Checking → associatedWithResearcher → Edmund M. Clarke ⓘ

Model Checking (book) → author → Edmund M. Clarke ⓘ

subject surface form: Model Checking

Doron Peled → coAuthorWith → Edmund M. Clarke ⓘ

Orna Grumberg → coAuthorWith → Edmund M. Clarke ⓘ

CAV Award → notableRecipient → Edmund M. Clarke ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edmund Clarke, E. Allen Emerson, and Joseph Sifakis

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