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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
person
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| gptkbp:affiliation |
gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
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| gptkbp:awards |
Turing Award
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| gptkbp:birthDate |
1933-01-09
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| gptkbp:birthPlace |
gptkb:Toronto,_Canada
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| gptkbp:contribution |
mentorship of students
research on computational physics development of educational materials involvement in academic conferences consulting for industry development of mathematical software work on mathematical modeling development of teaching methods research on parallel computing advocacy for IEEE standards advocacy for accurate computing advocacy for computational accuracy collaboration with other mathematicians development of numerical software lectures on floating-point arithmetic publications on numerical methods research on approximation theory research on computational complexity research on computational geometry research on computational statistics research on data analysis research on differential equations research on numerical algorithms research on numerical integration research on numerical stability teaching numerical methods work on algorithmic efficiency work on compiler optimization work on error bounds work on high-performance computing work on matrix computations work on numerical differentiation work on numerical linear algebra work on numerical optimization work on numerical simulations work on optimization problems work on scientific computing work on statistical methods Kahan's_algorithm_for_computing_square_roots Kahan_summation_algorithm |
| gptkbp:field |
computer science
mathematics |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
William Kahan
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| gptkbp:influenced |
numerical_analysts
|
| gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:John_von_Neumann
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| gptkbp:knownFor |
contributions to numerical analysis
development of the IEEE floating point standard |
| gptkbp:nationality |
American
Canadian |
| gptkbp:notableFeature |
gptkb:James_Demmel
gptkb:David_B._Johnson |
| gptkbp:researchFocus |
algorithm design
error analysis floating-point arithmetic |