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Markus Gross

German computer scientistborn 1963

Supervised 96 doctoral students at ETH Zurich between 1998 and 2026; Wikidata lists 5 doctoral students and lists 1 person they taught. Linked to Wikidata, ORCID, and 9 other registers.

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Markus Gross, pictured

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Students96

Students on Wikidata5

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Taught1

Wikidata's "student of" and "student" statements: a line of training beside the lineage, never a thesis supervision and never counted with one.

  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Beat Signer

    born 1973

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    Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 110 people: 101 cited by thesis records, 10 stated by Wikidata.

    Education and career3

    From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records. Each place opens its Wikidata item.