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Ken Thompson(1954)
Computer ScienceKen Thompson is a recipient of the Turing Award (1983) from United States. They have received 2 major awards in total. Their primary field is Computer Science. They have been affiliated with University of Sheffield.
United StatesUniversity of British Columbia
2
Major Awards
230
Publications
37,541
Citations
83
h-index
142
i10-index
163.2
Avg Citations/Paper
Awards & Recognition
Career History
Researcher
University of Guelph
Guelph, CA
External Profiles
Career Path
Award progression over time
Apex Elite Prestigious
Co-winners
Shared the same award in the same year
Top Publications
A roadmap for urban evolutionary ecology
Evolutionary Applications2018238 citations
Global urban environmental change drives adaptation in white clover
Science2022168 citations
Urbanization drives the evolution of parallel clines in plant populations
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences2016102 citations
Parallel genetic evolution and speciation from standing variation
Evolution Letters2019100 citations
Related Laureates
Other winners of the same award(s)
JB
John Backus
Turing Award (1977)
GB
Gilles Brassard
Turing Award (2025)
GE
Geoffrey E. Hinton
Nobel Prize in Physics (2024)
VC
Vint Cerf
Presidential Medal of Freedom (2024)
AS
Adi Shamir
Wolf Prize in Mathematics (2024)
AB
Andrew Barto
Turing Award (2024)
RS
Richard Sutton
Turing Award (2024)
SY
Shing-Tung Yau
Shaw Prize in Mathematics (2023)
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