Published “The IntCal20 Northern Hemisphere Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curve (0–55 cal kBP)” in Radiocarbon — cited 6,961 times.
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Ken Olsen
Kenneth Harry Olsen was an American engineer who co-founded Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in 1957 with colleague Harlan Anderson and his brother Stan Olsen.
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business · American computer engineer and businessman (1926–2011) · inventor · entrepreneur · computer scientist · engineer · also Ken Olsen, Kenneth Olsen, Kenneth H. Olsen, Kenneth Harry Olsen, Olsen
Born 20 February 1926 · Died 6 February 2011 · Q454315
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Published “2018 ESC/ESH Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension” in European Heart Journal — cited 8,317 times.
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Published “Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017” in The Lancet — cited 11,011 times.
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2012· 1 entry
Published “Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC” in Physics Letters B — cited 6,664 times.
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2011· 2 entries
Died 2011-02-06.
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Was listed at #6 on the MIT150 list of the top 150 innovators and ideas from MIT for his work on the minicomputer
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2008· 1 entry
Published “The RAST Server: Rapid Annotations using Subsystems Technology” in BMC Genomics — cited 10,770 times.
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2004· 1 entry
Published “Lost at Sea: Where Is All the Plastic?” in Science — cited 6,924 times.
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2001· 1 entry
Published “Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome” in Nature — cited 18,637 times.
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1996· 2 entries
Awarded Computer History Museum Fellow (1996).
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Named Olsen a Museum Fellow "for his introduction of the minicomputer and co-founding of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
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1995· 1 entry
Awarded Computer Pioneer Award (1995).
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1994· 1 entry
Awarded Washington Award (1994).
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1993· 4 entries
Won National Medal of Technology and Innovation (1993).
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Won IEEE Founders Medal (1993).
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Awarded Olsen the IEEE Founders Medal
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The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers awarded Olsen their IEEE Founders Medal
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1990· 1 entry
Awarded National Inventors Hall of Fame (1990).
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1987· 1 entry
Olsen in public appearances described UNIX as "snake oil"
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1986· 1 entry
Fortune Magazine named Olsen "America's most successful entrepreneur", and the same year he received the IEEE Engineering Leadership Recognition Award
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1977· 1 entry
Referring to computers used in home automation at the dawn of the home computer era, Olsen is quoted as saying "There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home
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1957· 2 entries
Olsen and an MIT colleague, Harlan Anderson, decided to start their own firm
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With colleague Harlan Anderson and his brother Stan Olsen
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1952· 1 entry
Studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Master of Arts (1952).
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1926· 2 entries
In Bridgeport, Connecticut and grew up in the neighboring town of Stratford, Connecticut
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Born 1926-02-20.
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