Peter J. Denning
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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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Peter J. Denning canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20331 — 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: Peter J. Denning Context triple: [Yurii Rubinsky Memorial Award, hasNotableRecipient, Peter J. Denning]
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A.
Charles M. Vest
Charles M. Vest was an American engineer and educator who served as president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was widely recognized for his leadership in science and engineering policy.
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B.
William H. Press
William H. Press is an American astrophysicist and computational scientist known for his influential work in numerical analysis, cosmology, and science policy, including co-authoring the widely used textbook "Numerical Recipes."
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C.
J. C. R. Licklider
J. C. R. Licklider was an American psychologist and computer scientist whose visionary ideas about interactive computing and a globally networked system helped lay the conceptual foundations for the internet and modern human-computer interaction.
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D.
Edward Samuel Rogers Jr.
Edward Samuel Rogers Jr. was a prominent Canadian businessman and media executive who led Rogers Communications, one of Canada’s largest telecommunications and media companies.
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E.
Norman R. Augustine
Norman R. Augustine is an American aerospace engineer, business executive, and former CEO of Lockheed Martin known for his leadership in the defense industry and influential roles in national science and technology policy.
- 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: Peter J. Denning Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Charles M. Vest
Charles M. Vest was an American engineer and educator who served as president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was widely recognized for his leadership in science and engineering policy.
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B.
William H. Press
William H. Press is an American astrophysicist and computational scientist known for his influential work in numerical analysis, cosmology, and science policy, including co-authoring the widely used textbook "Numerical Recipes."
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C.
J. C. R. Licklider
J. C. R. Licklider was an American psychologist and computer scientist whose visionary ideas about interactive computing and a globally networked system helped lay the conceptual foundations for the internet and modern human-computer interaction.
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D.
Edward Samuel Rogers Jr.
Edward Samuel Rogers Jr. was a prominent Canadian businessman and media executive who led Rogers Communications, one of Canada’s largest telecommunications and media companies.
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E.
Norman R. Augustine
Norman R. Augustine is an American aerospace engineer, business executive, and former CEO of Lockheed Martin known for his leadership in the defense industry and influential roles in national science and technology policy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
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academic ⓘ author ⓘ computer scientist ⓘ |
| almaMater |
Manhattan College
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
ACM Distinguished Service Award
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ACM Fellow ⓘ ACM Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award ⓘ ACM SIGOPS Hall of Fame Award ⓘ IEEE Fellow ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1942-01-06 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Queens, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ |
| degree |
B.E. in Electrical Engineering
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Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Fernando J. Corbató ⓘ |
| employer |
George Mason University
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Naval Postgraduate School ⓘ Purdue University ⓘ |
| familyName | Denning ⓘ |
| field | computer science ⓘ |
| givenName | Peter ⓘ |
| knownFor |
CS education and curriculum
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computing as a science ⓘ innovation in computing practice ⓘ operating systems ⓘ principles of computing ⓘ virtual memory ⓘ working sets ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Association for Computing Machinery
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National Academy of Engineering ⓘ |
| name | Peter J. Denning ⓘ |
| nationality |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| notableConcept |
locality of reference in memory management
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working set model ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Computing as a Discipline
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Great Principles of Computing ⓘ The Science of Computing ⓘ |
| position |
Chair of Computer Science Department at Purdue University
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Director of the Cebrowski Institute for Information Innovation and Superiority ⓘ Director of the Research Institute for Advanced Computer Science (RIACS) ⓘ Distinguished Professor of Computer Science ⓘ Editor-in-chief of Communications of the ACM ⓘ President of the Association for Computing Machinery ⓘ |
| thesisTitle |
Resource Allocation in Multiprocess Computer Systems
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linked to:
Banker's algorithm
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| thesisYear | 1968 ⓘ |
| worksOn |
computing foundations
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innovation and design in computing ⓘ operating system performance ⓘ virtual memory management ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Peter J. Denning Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.