Academic Ancestry

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Ross J. Anderson

British computer scientist, cryptographer1956 to 2024

Wikidata names Roger Michael Needham as doctoral advisor, lists 11 doctoral students, and names Roger Michael Needham as teacher. Linked to Wikidata, ORCID, and 10 other registers.

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Ross J. Anderson, pictured

Two steps up and one down. Solid lines from Wikidata. The full sheet opens at four up and two down.

How to read the marksstated by Wikidata or indexed by OpenAlexclaimed on an ORCID list, or inferred

Advisors on Wikidata1

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Students on Wikidata11

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Teachers and mentors1

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

The line above and below4 steps

The advisors of their advisors, four steps up at most, in the thesis records and on Wikidata, each kind marked; a person in both is listed once.

Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 26 people: 26 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career1

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