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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 310,317 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Tarjan is the 139th most popular computer scientist (down from 127th in 2019), the 8,166th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,735th in 2019) and the 84th most popular American Computer Scientist.

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  • 310k

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  • 44.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Robert Tarjan ranks 139 out of 201. Before him are Randy Pausch, Audrey Tang, Jaron Lanier, James Rumbaugh, David Patterson, and Rob Pike. After him are Richard Garriott, Kristen Nygaard, Bertrand Meyer, Steve Russell, Martin Fowler, and Raj Reddy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Robert Tarjan ranks 489. Before him are Olivia Harrison, Mikhail Chigir, Raynald Denoueix, Danuta Hübner, Florea Dumitrache, and Luciano Sušanj. After him are Saul Rubinek, Mikko Kozarowitzky, Ibrahim Kuni, Josef Ackermann, Deborah Shelton, and Rudy Tomjanovich.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Tarjan ranks 8,166 out of 18,182. Before him are Jimmy Garrison (1934), William H. McRaven (1955), Rita Gam (1927), Lamar Odom (1979), Marc Wright (1890), and Paddy Chayefsky (1923). After him are Marshall Allman (1984), Rhyno (1975), Helen Jacobs (1908), Oscar Olson (1878), Warren Zevon (1947), and Hampton Fancher (1938).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Robert Tarjan ranks 84. Before him are Bill Joy (1954), Charles P. Thacker (1943), Randy Pausch (1960), Jaron Lanier (1960), James Rumbaugh (1947), and David Patterson (1947). After him are Steve Russell (1937), Kent Beck (1961), Bruce Schneier (1963), Brewster Kahle (1960), Dave Cutler (1942), and Grady Booch (1955).

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