COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Robert Tarjan

1948 - Today

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Robert Endre Tarjan (born April 30, 1948) is an American computer scientist and mathematician. He is the discoverer of several graph theory algorithms, including his strongly connected components algorithm, and co-inventor of both splay trees and Fibonacci heaps. Tarjan is currently the James S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Tarjan has received more than 327,649 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Robert Tarjan is the 137th most popular computer scientist (up from 139th in 2019), the 7,547th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,149th in 2019) and the 82nd most popular American Computer Scientist.

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  • 330k

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  • 46.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Robert Tarjan ranks 137 out of 245. Before him are Sudha Murty, James Rumbaugh, Needleman–Wunsch algorithm, Annie Easley, Michael Stonebraker, and Yukihiro Matsumoto. After him are Jaron Lanier, Silvio Micali, Subhash Kak, Robert Tappan Morris, Thomas E. Kurtz, and David Patterson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Robert Tarjan ranks 494. Before him are Itzhak Shum, Yevhen Arzhanov, Goodwill Zwelithini, Cornel Dinu, George Wendt, and Peggy Fleming. After him are Errol Brown, Charles Maung Bo, Glenn Branca, Richard Riehle, Damir Šolman, and Richard Masur.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Tarjan ranks 7,547 out of 20,380. Before him are Arlo Guthrie (1947), Bobby Timmons (1935), Abbott Handerson Thayer (1849), Dwyane Wade (1982), John Fitch (1743), and Patrick Leahy (1940). After him are Skrillex (1988), William F. Buckley Jr. (1925), Rex Cawley (1940), Daniel Mann (1912), Samantha Mathis (1970), and George O'Brien (1899).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Robert Tarjan ranks 82. Before him are John L. Hennessy (1952), Hal Finney (1956), Jack Dorsey (1976), James Rumbaugh (1947), Annie Easley (1933), and Michael Stonebraker (1943). After him are Jaron Lanier (1960), Robert Tappan Morris (1965), Thomas E. Kurtz (1928), David Patterson (1947), Kent Beck (1961), and E. Allen Emerson (1954).

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