Education
He completed his Doctor of Philosophy at Stanford University in 1975.
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Hanan Samet
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Career
Samet is a pioneer in research on quadtrees and other multidimensional spatial data 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, the world’s most widely used graphics application.
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United States
Education
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2013 University of Maryland Distinguished University Professor 2012 Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award 1996 Fellow Association for Computing Machinery 1996 Fellow International Association for Pattern Recognition 1991 Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2013 University of Maryland Distinguished University Professor 2012 Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award 1996 Fellow Association for Computing Machinery 1996 Fellow International Association for Pattern Recognition 1991 Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers