Gordon Bell

CTL-E-4592 · Person · scholar · contemporary

VERIFIED evidence grade of this record

Pioneer in high-performance and parallel computing; namesake of the Gordon Bell Prize; stated Emeagwali's 1989 prize-winning entry had nothing to do with the internet.

Notes

RELP106 new supporting entity: related_to target for CTL-E-1085 (prize-namesake disavowal). 2 claims + 2 evidence. Name-collision check clean.

Referenced by

Philip Emeagwali — related to → this record

Sources

Dubawa - Philip Emeagwali Is Not The Creator Of The Internet!

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