Hanan Samet is a
Computer Science
Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to Applied science, practical discipli ...
researcher and Distinguished University Professor at the
University of Maryland
The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the University System of M ...
's Computer Science Department, which is part of the
.
He completed his PhD at
Stanford University
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...
in 1975.
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Samet is a pioneer in research on ]quadtree
A quadtree is a tree data structure in which each internal node has exactly four children. Quadtrees are the two-dimensional analog of octrees and are most often used to partition a two-dimensional space by recursively subdividing it into four q ...
s and other multidimensional spatial data
Geographic data and information is defined in the ISO/TC 211 series of standards as data and information having an implicit or explicit association with a location relative to Earth (a geographic location or geographic position).
It is also call ...
structures for sorting spatial information, as well as having written several well-received books.[ He has profoundly influenced the theory and application of these areas of research and his impact can be seen in many real-world applications including ]Google Earth
Google Earth is a computer program that renders a 3D computer graphics, 3D representation of Earth based primarily on satellite imagery. The program maps the Earth by superimposition, superimposing satellite images, aerial photography, and geog ...
, the world’s most widely used graphics application.[
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Awards
* 2020 Distinguished Career in Computer Science, Washington Academy of Sciences[
* 2013 University of Maryland Distinguished University Professor][
* 2012 ]Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award The Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award is granted yearly by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) to honor "specific theoretical accomplishments that have had a significant and demonstrable effect on the practice of computing". It wa ...
Association for Computing Machinery
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is a US-based international learned society for computing. It was founded in 1947 and is the world's largest scientific and educational computing society. The ACM is a non-profit professional member ...
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*1996 Fellow ]International Association for Pattern Recognition
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*1991 Fellow ]Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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References
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Researchers in geometric algorithms
Fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery
Living people
Stanford University alumni
University of Maryland, College Park faculty
Fellows of the Institution of Electrical Engineers
Fellows of the International Association for Pattern Recognition
Year of birth missing (living people)