Lenore Blum
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Lenore Blum is an American mathematician and computer scientist known for her work in complexity theory, real computation, and advocacy for women in STEM.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lenore Blum canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T990922 — 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: Lenore Blum Context triple: [Manuel Blum, notableStudent, Lenore Blum]
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A.
Linda Salzman Sagan
Linda Salzman Sagan is an American artist and writer best known for co-designing the Pioneer plaque and contributing to other interstellar message projects alongside Carl Sagan.
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B.
Annette Lerner
Annette Lerner is a Washington, D.C.–area philanthropist and matriarch of the Lerner family, known for their real estate empire and former ownership of the Washington Nationals baseball team.
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C.
Laura Z. Hobson
Laura Z. Hobson was an American novelist best known for her socially conscious works, including the anti-antisemitism novel that inspired the film "Gentleman's Agreement."
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D.
Maria Newman
Maria Newman is an American composer and violinist known for her concert and film music, and as a member of the prominent Newman family of film composers.
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E.
Marla Lerner Tanenbaum
Marla Lerner Tanenbaum is an American philanthropist and baseball executive best known as a principal owner of the Washington Nationals and for her leadership in charitable and community initiatives.
- 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: Lenore Blum Target entity description: Lenore Blum is an American mathematician and computer scientist known for her work in complexity theory, real computation, and advocacy for women in STEM.
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A.
Linda Salzman Sagan
Linda Salzman Sagan is an American artist and writer best known for co-designing the Pioneer plaque and contributing to other interstellar message projects alongside Carl Sagan.
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B.
Annette Lerner
Annette Lerner is a Washington, D.C.–area philanthropist and matriarch of the Lerner family, known for their real estate empire and former ownership of the Washington Nationals baseball team.
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C.
Laura Z. Hobson
Laura Z. Hobson was an American novelist best known for her socially conscious works, including the anti-antisemitism novel that inspired the film "Gentleman's Agreement."
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D.
Maria Newman
Maria Newman is an American composer and violinist known for her concert and film music, and as a member of the prominent Newman family of film composers.
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E.
Marla Lerner Tanenbaum
Marla Lerner Tanenbaum is an American philanthropist and baseball executive best known as a principal owner of the Washington Nationals and for her leadership in charitable and community initiatives.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American computer scientist
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American mathematician ⓘ computer scientist ⓘ human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in mathematics ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Fellow of the American Mathematical Society ⓘ Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| coAuthor |
Mike Shub
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Steve Smale ⓘ
linked to:
Stephen Smale
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| doctoralAdvisor | Stephen Smale ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Mathematics ⓘ
linked to:
MIT Department of Mathematics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science ⓘ
linked to:
MIT School of Science
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| employer |
Carnegie Mellon University
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linked to:
CMU
Carnegie Mellon University Department of Computer Science ⓘ Carnegie Mellon University Department of Mathematical Sciences ⓘ
linked to:
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Mills College ⓘ University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| familyName | Blum ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
algebraic geometry
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computational complexity theory ⓘ dynamical systems ⓘ mathematics ⓘ numerical analysis ⓘ real computation ⓘ theoretical computer science ⓘ women in STEM advocacy ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Lenore ⓘ |
| influenced |
research on real computation models
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women-in-computing initiatives in academia ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Blum–Shub–Smale model of real computation
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linked to:
Blum–Shub–Smale model of computation
advocacy for women in science and engineering ⓘ founding programs to support women in computer science ⓘ work in computational complexity theory ⓘ work in real number computation ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Association for the Advancement of Science
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American Mathematical Society ⓘ Association for Computing Machinery ⓘ |
| name | Lenore Blum ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
complexity theory in continuous settings
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mathematical foundations of computation ⓘ theory of computation over the real numbers ⓘ |
| notableWork | Blum–Shub–Smale model of computation ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University
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Professor of Mathematics at Mills College ⓘ Visiting Professor at University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
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Referenced by (10)
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