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Gio Wiederhold

Also Known As Giovanni Corrado Melchiore Wiederhold
Information Systems

Giovanni Corrado Melchiore Gio Wiederhold (June 24, 1936 - December 26, 2022) was an Italian-born American computer scientist who spent most of his career at Stanford University. His research focused on the design of large-scale database management systems and the protection of their content, often using knowledge-based techniques, and after formal retirement he focused on valuation methods for intellectual property and intellectual capital.

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Birth Year
1936 1
Birth Date
1936-06-24 1
Death Year
2022 1
Death Date
2022-12-26 1
Nationality
American 1
Award
ACM Fellow 2
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What did Gio Wiederhold do at DARPA?

He was a DARPA program manager from 1991 to 1994 and initiated its Intelligent Integration of Information (I3) program.

From 1991 through 1994 Wiederhold served as a program manager at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). There he initiated the DARPA Intelligent Integration of Information (I3) program. A visible component of that program was the Digital Library effort, which was delegated to the National Science Foundation.
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Databases, Fields
Source Gio Wiederhold, Wikipedia
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United States

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Giovanni Corrado Melchiore Wiederhold (June 24, 1936 – December 26, 2022) was an Italian-born American computer scientist who spent most of his career at Stanford University.
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1. Gio Wiederhold, Wikipedia
  • Lead sentence, birth date
    Giovanni Corrado Melchiore Wiederhold (June 24, 1936
  • Lead sentence, birth year
    June 24, 1936
  • Lead section
    Giovanni Corrado Melchiore Wiederhold (June 24, 1936 - December 26, 2022) was an Italian-born American computer scientist who spent most of his career at Stanford University.
  • Lead sentence, death year
    December 26, 2022
  • Lead sentence, nationality
    an Italian-born American computer scientist who spent most of his career at Stanford University
  • Lead sentence, full name
    Giovanni Corrado Melchiore Wiederhold
  • In Group: Data Management Systems
  • In Field: Databases, Lead paragraph
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2. Gio Wiederhold (Wikidata)
Wikidata P166: ACM Fellow
Quote, Wikidata P166: ACM Fellow
Wikidata P166 (award received): ACM Fellow.
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