Brian A. Barsky
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Brian A. Barsky is a computer scientist and researcher known for his contributions to computer graphics and geometric modeling.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Brian A. Barsky canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7421062 — 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: Brian A. Barsky Context triple: [Steven A. Coons Award, hasRecipient, Brian A. Barsky]
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A.
Andrew A. Kosove
Andrew A. Kosove is an American film producer and co-founder of Alcon Entertainment, known for backing major Hollywood features across genres.
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B.
Jay O. Rothman
Jay O. Rothman is an American attorney and academic leader who serves as president of the University of Wisconsin System.
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C.
Michael A. Helfant
Michael A. Helfant is a film producer and entertainment executive known for his work on genre and thriller projects, including the 2013 crime thriller "The Call."
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D.
Daniel C. Brandenstein
Daniel C. Brandenstein is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy captain who flew on four Space Shuttle missions and later served as Chief of the Astronaut Office.
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E.
Michael S. Glick
Michael S. Glick is a film producer best known for his work on the 1982 sports comedy-drama "Six Pack."
- 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: Brian A. Barsky Target entity description: Brian A. Barsky is a computer scientist and researcher known for his contributions to computer graphics and geometric modeling.
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A.
Andrew A. Kosove
Andrew A. Kosove is an American film producer and co-founder of Alcon Entertainment, known for backing major Hollywood features across genres.
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B.
Jay O. Rothman
Jay O. Rothman is an American attorney and academic leader who serves as president of the University of Wisconsin System.
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C.
Michael A. Helfant
Michael A. Helfant is a film producer and entertainment executive known for his work on genre and thriller projects, including the 2013 crime thriller "The Call."
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D.
Daniel C. Brandenstein
Daniel C. Brandenstein is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy captain who flew on four Space Shuttle missions and later served as Chief of the Astronaut Office.
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E.
Michael S. Glick
Michael S. Glick is a film producer best known for his work on the 1982 sports comedy-drama "Six Pack."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer scientist
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researcher ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
applied mathematics
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computer science ⓘ vision science ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Canada ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Cornell University
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McGill University ⓘ University of Utah ⓘ |
| employer | University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
computer graphics
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computer-aided geometric design ⓘ geometric modeling ⓘ human–computer interaction ⓘ optometry ⓘ scientific visualization ⓘ vision science ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDegree |
Bachelor of Science
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Doctor of Philosophy ⓘ Master of Science ⓘ |
| hasPublishedIn |
ACM Transactions on Graphics
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Computer Aided Geometric Design ⓘ Journal of the Optical Society of America ⓘ
linked to:
Journal of the Optical Society of America A
|
| hasRole |
faculty member at UC Berkeley College of Engineering
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faculty member at UC Berkeley School of Optometry ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Association for Computing Machinery
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ⓘ Optical Society of America ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contributions to computer graphics
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contributions to geometric modeling ⓘ interdisciplinary work between computer graphics and vision science ⓘ |
| notableWork |
research on computer-aided geometric design
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research on vision-correcting displays for presbyopia and myopia ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Affiliate Professor of Art Practice at University of California, Berkeley
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Professor of Computer Science at University of California, Berkeley ⓘ Professor of Optometry at University of California, Berkeley ⓘ Professor of Vision Science at University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
B-splines
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computational optics ⓘ geometric continuity ⓘ nonuniform rational B-splines ⓘ splines ⓘ vision-correcting displays ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Berkeley, California
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linked to:
Berkeley, California, 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: Brian A. Barsky Description of subject: Brian A. Barsky is a computer scientist and researcher known for his contributions to computer graphics and geometric modeling.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.