From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Academic genealogy
Academic genealogy
• Academic genealogy of computer scientists
• Mathematics Genealogy Project
• Academic genealogy of theoretical physicists
See also
• Erdős number
References
[1] Carr, Sarah (August 18, 1999), "Retired
Mathematician Develops a Family Tree of the
Scholars in His Field", The Chronicle of Higher
Education, http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/
recog/chronicle/chronicle.html .
An example of an academic genealogy, the supervisorial rela- [2] Jackson, Allyn (2007), "A labor of love: the
tionship between Dutch topologist Johannes De Groot and his Mathematics Genealogy Project", Notices of the
namesake, also a Dutch topologist descended from the senior American Mathematical Society 54 (8): 1002–1003,
De Groot via four different paths of academic supervision http://www.ams.org/notices/200708/
tx070801002p.pdf .
academic, genealogy,
An academic or scientific, genealogy organizes a
family tree of scientists and scholars according to disser-
tation supervision relationships.
External links
The academic lineage or academic ancestry of some- • The Academic Family Tree
one is a chain of professors who have served as thesis • Mathematics genealogy search
advisors of each other, ending with the person in ques- • Chemical genealogy
tion. Many genealogical terms are often recast in terms • Scientific genealogy master list (two sections:
of academic lineages, so one may speak of academic de- Scientists Associated with Concepts in Chemistry &
scendants children siblings etc.
scendants, children, siblings, Physics; Scientists Associated with Discovering the
This is an informal concept, used mostly for amuse- Elements)
ment of academics and students. However, there are sites • Software engineering academic genealogy
such as the Mathematics Genealogy Project[1][2] devoted • Computer engineering academic genealogy
to documenting academic lineages for specific subject ar- • Science genealogy of American physicists
eas. However, not all the links recorded in databases of • The AI Genealogy Project
this type are formal advisor-advisee relationships; for in- • Neurotree: The neuroscience family tree
stance, the University of Cambridge did not require a for- • Linguistree: The linguistics family tree
mal doctoral thesis until 1919, and academic genealogies • Theoretical computer science genealogy
that include earlier Cambridge students tend to substi- • How to trace your scientific genealogy
tute an equivalent mentor. • Philosophy Family Tree
• Computer Vision Genealogy Project
• Automatic doctoral advisor genealogy diagram using
Genealogies Wikipedia by Nghia Ho
• Academic genealogy of chemists
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