Sidney Resnick
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Sidney Resnick is an American mathematician known for his contributions to probability theory, particularly in the areas of extreme value theory and heavy-tailed distributions.
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| Sidney Resnick canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sidney Resnick Context triple: [Resnick, hasNotableBearer, Sidney Resnick]
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A.
Sidney J. Furie
Sidney J. Furie is a Canadian film director known for his work in action and genre cinema, including influential titles like "The Ipcress File" and various 1980s action films.
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B.
Irving Rosenfeld
Irving Rosenfeld is the charismatic, small-time con artist at the center of the crime drama film "American Hustle."
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C.
Maurice L. Zigmond
Maurice L. Zigmond was an American anthropologist and linguist known for his extensive documentation and analysis of Native Californian languages and cultures, including the Kawaiisu.
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D.
Jerry Bresler
Jerry Bresler was an American film producer active in mid-20th-century Hollywood, known for working on large-scale studio productions.
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E.
Sidney Levin
Sidney Levin was a film editor best known for his work on influential American movies such as Martin Scorsese’s early crime drama "Mean Streets."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sidney Resnick Target entity description: Sidney Resnick is an American mathematician known for his contributions to probability theory, particularly in the areas of extreme value theory and heavy-tailed distributions.
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A.
Sidney J. Furie
Sidney J. Furie is a Canadian film director known for his work in action and genre cinema, including influential titles like "The Ipcress File" and various 1980s action films.
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B.
Irving Rosenfeld
Irving Rosenfeld is the charismatic, small-time con artist at the center of the crime drama film "American Hustle."
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C.
Maurice L. Zigmond
Maurice L. Zigmond was an American anthropologist and linguist known for his extensive documentation and analysis of Native Californian languages and cultures, including the Kawaiisu.
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D.
Jerry Bresler
Jerry Bresler was an American film producer active in mid-20th-century Hollywood, known for working on large-scale studio productions.
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E.
Sidney Levin
Sidney Levin was a film editor best known for his work on influential American movies such as Martin Scorsese’s early crime drama "Mean Streets."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mathematician
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person ⓘ probabilist ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in mathematics ⓘ |
| affiliation | Cornell University ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Meyer Dwass ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Michigan State University
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linked to:
Michigan State College
Purdue University ⓘ |
| employer |
Cornell University
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School of Operations Research and Information Engineering, Cornell University ⓘ
linked to:
College of Engineering, Cornell University
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| fieldOfWork |
applied probability
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extreme value theory ⓘ heavy-tailed distributions ⓘ probability theory ⓘ stochastic processes ⓘ |
| genre |
mathematics textbook
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research monograph ⓘ |
| hasWrittenOn |
multivariate extreme value theory
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network traffic with heavy tails ⓘ point processes ⓘ regular variation ⓘ risk modeling ⓘ stable laws ⓘ telecommunications traffic modeling ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Bernoulli Society
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Institute of Mathematical Statistics ⓘ |
| notableFor |
applications of heavy tails in engineering and finance
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contributions to extreme value theory ⓘ contributions to the theory of heavy-tailed distributions ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Probability Path
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Adventures in Stochastic Processes ⓘ Extreme Values, Regular Variation and Point Processes ⓘ Heavy-Tail Phenomena: Probabilistic and Statistical Modeling ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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researcher in probability theory ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Emeritus Professor
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Professor ⓘ |
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