Hanan Samet is a
Computer Science
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researcher and Distinguished University Professor at the
University of Maryland
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's Computer Science Department, which is part of the
.
He completed his PhD at
Stanford University
Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a Private university, private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth ...
in 1975.
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Samet is a pioneer in research on ]quadtree
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s and other multidimensional spatial data
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structures for sorting spatial information, as well as having written several well-received books.[ He has profoundly influenced the theory and application of these areas of research and his impact can be seen in many real-world applications including ]Google Earth
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, the world’s most widely used graphics application.[
]
Awards
* 2020 Distinguished Career in Computer Science, Washington Academy of Sciences[
* 2013 University of Maryland Distinguished University Professor][
* 2012 ]Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award The Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award is granted yearly by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) to honor "specific theoretical accomplishments that have had a significant and demonstrable effect on the practice of computing". It wa ...
Association for Computing Machinery
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* 1996 Fellow ]International Association for Pattern Recognition
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* 1991 Fellow ]Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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References
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1996 fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery
Fellows of the Institution of Electrical Engineers
Fellows of the International Association for Pattern Recognition
Living people
Researchers in geometric algorithms
Stanford University alumni
University of Maryland, College Park faculty
Year of birth missing (living people)