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Shamos (surname)
Shamos is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Michael Ian Shamos (born 1947), American mathematician * Jeremy Shamos (born 1970), American actor See also *Shames (surname) Shames is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Edward Shames (1922–2021), American army officer *Laurence Shames Laurence Shames is an American writer. Writing career Laurence Shames is best known for his series of comic myste ... {{Short pages monitor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Ian Shamos
Michael Ian Shamos (born April 21, 1947) is an American mathematician, attorney, book author, journal editor, consultant and company director. He is (with Franco P. Preparata) the author of ''Computational Geometry'' (Springer-Verlag, 1985), which was for many years the standard textbook in computational geometry, and is known for the Shamos–Hoey sweep line algorithm for line segment intersection detection and for the rotating calipers technique for finding the width and diameter of a geometric figure. His publications also include works on electronic voting, the game of billiards, and intellectual property law in the digital age. He was a fellow of Sigma Xi (1974–83), had an IBM Fellowship at Yale University (1974–75), was SIAM National Lecturer (1977–78), distinguished lecturer in computer science at the University of Rochester (1978), visited McGill University (1979), and belonged to the Duquesne University Law Review (1980–81). He won the first annual Black & White S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Shamos
Jeremy Shamos (born February 22, 1970) is an American actor. Early life Shamos was born in New York City but raised in Denver, Colorado. He has a M.F.A. from New York University. Career Shamos is a character actor, his most notable roles are Craig Kettleman on ''Better Call Saul'', Johanes Karlsen in ''Nurse Jackie'' and Ralph in the film ''Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) ''Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)'', or simply ''Birdman'', is a 2014 American black comedyDrama (film and television), -drama film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. It was written by Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Ale ...''. Shamos is also a stage actor, starring in productions including Steve Martin's ''Meteor Shower (play), Meteor Shower'', ''Clybourne Park'' for which Shamos was nominated for a Tony Award, ''The Qualms'', ''The Assembled Parties'', ''Dinner with Friends'', ''100 Saints You Should Know,'' and ''Elling''. Personal life Shamos is married to act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |