Edward D. Lazowska
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Edward D. Lazowska is an American computer scientist known for his influential work in computer systems and performance evaluation, as well as his leadership in computing research and education policy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Edward D. Lazowska canonical | 2 |
| Lazowska | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3665760 — 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: Edward D. Lazowska Context triple: [ACM SIGMETRICS Achievement Award, notableRecipient, Edward D. Lazowska]
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Butler Lampson
Butler Lampson is a pioneering computer scientist best known for his foundational work in computer architecture, operating systems, and distributed computing, particularly during his time at Xerox PARC.
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B.
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.
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C.
Jeffrey D. Ullman
Jeffrey D. Ullman is a prominent American computer scientist known for his foundational contributions to database theory, algorithms, and formal languages, and for coauthoring several classic textbooks in computer science.
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D.
Edward S. Lee
Edward S. Lee was an early Pentecostal minister and participant in the Azusa Street Revival, recognized for his role in the formative years of the modern Pentecostal movement.
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E.
Robert Tanenbaum
Robert Tanenbaum is an American trial attorney, law professor, and author known for his crime and legal thrillers, including the popular Butch Karp series.
- 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: Edward D. Lazowska Target entity description: Edward D. Lazowska is an American computer scientist known for his influential work in computer systems and performance evaluation, as well as his leadership in computing research and education policy.
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A.
Butler Lampson
Butler Lampson is a pioneering computer scientist best known for his foundational work in computer architecture, operating systems, and distributed computing, particularly during his time at Xerox PARC.
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B.
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.
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C.
Jeffrey D. Ullman
Jeffrey D. Ullman is a prominent American computer scientist known for his foundational contributions to database theory, algorithms, and formal languages, and for coauthoring several classic textbooks in computer science.
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D.
Edward S. Lee
Edward S. Lee was an early Pentecostal minister and participant in the Azusa Street Revival, recognized for his role in the formative years of the modern Pentecostal movement.
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E.
Robert Tanenbaum
Robert Tanenbaum is an American trial attorney, law professor, and author known for his crime and legal thrillers, including the popular Butch Karp series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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computer scientist ⓘ human ⓘ professor ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Toronto
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Sc.B. in Computer Science from Brown University ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
AAAS Fellow
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ACM Fellow ⓘ ACM Presidential Award ⓘ ACM SIGMETRICS Achievement Award ⓘ CRA Distinguished Service Award ⓘ Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ IEEE Fellow ⓘ Member of the National Academy of Engineering ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Brown University
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University of Toronto ⓘ |
| employer | University of Washington ⓘ |
| familyName |
Lazowska
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linked to:
Edward D. Lazowska
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| fieldOfWork |
computer science
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computer systems ⓘ computing education policy ⓘ distributed systems ⓘ parallel computing ⓘ performance evaluation ⓘ science and technology policy ⓘ |
| givenName | Edward ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy for the computing research community in the United States
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computer systems performance evaluation ⓘ leadership in computing education policy ⓘ leadership in computing research policy ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Association for Computing Machinery
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ⓘ |
| name | Edward D. Lazowska ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Advocacy for increased federal investment in computing research
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Contributions to queueing network models for computer system performance ⓘ Leadership in U.S. computing research policy ⓘ Leadership in data-intensive discovery and eScience initiatives ⓘ Research on performance evaluation of distributed and parallel computer systems ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Bill & Melinda Gates Chair in Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington
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Board member of the Computing Research Association (CRA) ⓘ Chair of the Computing Research Association (CRA) Board ⓘ Chair of the University of Washington Department of Computer Science & Engineering ⓘ Co-chair of the President’s Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC) ⓘ Founding Director of the University of Washington Computing Community Consortium (local leadership role) ⓘ Founding Director of the University of Washington eScience Institute ⓘ Member of the National Academies’ Computer Science and Telecommunications Board (CSTB) ⓘ Member of the National Science Foundation Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Advisory Committee ⓘ Professor of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Seattle, Washington
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linked to:
Seattle, Washington, United States
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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: Edward D. Lazowska Description of subject: Edward D. Lazowska is an American computer scientist known for his influential work in computer systems and performance evaluation, as well as his leadership in computing research and education policy.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Edward D. Lazowska