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Leonard Kleinrock

American computer scientist (born 1934)born 1934

Wikidata names Edward Arthurs and Yechiam Yemini as doctoral advisors, lists 36 doctoral students, and lists 3 people they taught. Linked to Wikidata, OpenAlex, and 8 other registers.

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Leonard Kleinrock, pictured

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Advisors on Wikidata2

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Students on Wikidata36

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Taught3

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

    Vint Cerf

    born 1943
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Farouk Kamoun

    born 1946
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Chris Ferguson

    born 1963

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 217 people: 217 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career4

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