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Daniel Thalmann

Swiss and Canadian computer scientist and a pioneer in Virtual humansborn 1946

Supervised 2 doctoral students at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and ETH Zurich between 2005 and 2006; Wikidata lists 3 doctoral students and lists 1 person they taught. Linked to Wikidata, ORCID, and 9 other registers.

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Daniel Thalmann, pictured

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Students2

Students on Wikidata3

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

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

    Luciana P. Nedel

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    Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 6 people: 2 cited by thesis records, 4 stated by Wikidata.

    Education and career5

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

    Sat beside the lineage5

    referee, jury president, or jury member, not advisor