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Gerard Salton

Also Known As Gerhard Anton Sahlmann
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Gerard A. Salton, known as Gerry, born March 8, 1927 and died August 28, 1995, was a professor of computer science at Cornell University. Salton was perhaps the leading computer scientist working in the field of information retrieval during his time, called the father of Information Retrieval; his group at Cornell developed the SMART Information Retrieval System, which he had initiated while at Harvard, the first system to use the now popular vector space model for information retrieval.

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Birth Year
1927 1
Birth Date
1927-03-08 2
Death Year
1995 2
Death Date
1995-08-28 2
Nationality
American 2
Award
Guggenheim Fellowship 1
Award
ACM Fellow 1
Award
Gerard Salton Award 1
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1. Wikidata: Gerard Salton
  • Wikidata Q92880, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q92880 P569 (date of birth)
2. Wikipedia: Gerard Salton
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  • Lead section
    Gerard A. "Gerry" Salton (8 March 1927-28 August 1995) was a professor of computer science at Cornell University.
  • Short description
    American computer scientist (1927-1995)
  • Infobox birth_name field
    birth_name = Gerhard Anton Sahlmann
  • In Group: Information Retrieval Systems
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