Mark N. Wegman
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Mark N. Wegman is a computer scientist known for his influential work in algorithms and cryptography, including the development of Carter–Wegman universal hashing and message authentication codes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mark N. Wegman canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9312188 — 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: Mark N. Wegman Context triple: [Carter–Wegman MACs, introducedBy, Mark N. Wegman]
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A.
Wayne Wahrman
Wayne Wahrman is a film editor best known for his work on major Hollywood productions, including the post-apocalyptic thriller "I Am Legend."
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B.
John Dombrowski
John Dombrowski is a notable individual who carries the Dombrowski surname, recognized enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the name.
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C.
Dale Doback
Dale Doback is a childish, unemployed middle-aged man who becomes a reluctant stepbrother and comedic foil to Brennan Huff in the film "Step Brothers."
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D.
Robin R. Yount
Robin R. Yount is a Hall of Fame former Major League Baseball shortstop and center fielder who spent his entire 20-year career with the Milwaukee Brewers and won two American League MVP awards.
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E.
Bruce A. Blakeman
Bruce A. Blakeman is an American politician and attorney who serves as the County Executive of Nassau County, New York.
- 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: Mark N. Wegman Target entity description: Mark N. Wegman is a computer scientist known for his influential work in algorithms and cryptography, including the development of Carter–Wegman universal hashing and message authentication codes.
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A.
Wayne Wahrman
Wayne Wahrman is a film editor best known for his work on major Hollywood productions, including the post-apocalyptic thriller "I Am Legend."
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B.
John Dombrowski
John Dombrowski is a notable individual who carries the Dombrowski surname, recognized enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the name.
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C.
Dale Doback
Dale Doback is a childish, unemployed middle-aged man who becomes a reluctant stepbrother and comedic foil to Brennan Huff in the film "Step Brothers."
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D.
Robin R. Yount
Robin R. Yount is a Hall of Fame former Major League Baseball shortstop and center fielder who spent his entire 20-year career with the Milwaukee Brewers and won two American League MVP awards.
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E.
Bruce A. Blakeman
Bruce A. Blakeman is an American politician and attorney who serves as the County Executive of Nassau County, New York.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer scientist
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researcher ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in computer science ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
ACM Fellow
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ACM Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award ⓘ
linked to:
Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award
IEEE Fellow ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| coAuthor | J. Lawrence Carter ⓘ |
| contributedTo | compiler optimization techniques ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| employer |
IBM
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IBM Research ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
algorithms
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compiler optimization ⓘ computer science ⓘ cryptography ⓘ data structures ⓘ hashing ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasPublicationType |
conference papers
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journal articles ⓘ |
| knownFor |
message authentication codes
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universal hashing ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | IBM Academy of Technology ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Carter–Wegman message authentication codes
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linked to:
Carter–Wegman MACs
Carter–Wegman universal hashing ⓘ
linked to:
Carter–Wegman MACs
research on data flow analysis ⓘ work on static single assignment (SSA) form ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Yorktown Heights, New York
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linked to:
Yorktown, New York
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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: Mark N. Wegman Description of subject: Mark N. Wegman is a computer scientist known for his influential work in algorithms and cryptography, including the development of Carter–Wegman universal hashing and message authentication codes.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.