Duncan J. Watts is a computational social scientist, born in 1971, and a professor at the University of Pennsylvania. He was formerly a principal researcher at Microsoft Research in New York City and is known for his work on small-world networks. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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BirthplaceGuelph, Ontario, Canada 1 Defining ContributionCo-developed the Watts-Strogatz model of small-world networks 1 Notable WorkSix Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age 1 Disputed
Nationality / CultureThe article's own infobox gives birthplace as Guelph, Ontario, Canada, but its own end-of-article categories list Australian physicists and Australian sociologists; this pass found nothing that resolves the tension, so the claim is recorded as debated rather than settled. In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Australia, nationality there.
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Duncan James Watts is a computational social scientist and a professor at the University of Pennsylvania.
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birth_place = Guelph, Ontario
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Category:Australian physicists Category:Australian sociologists
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notable_works = Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age
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known_for = Watts and Strogatz model
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Duncan James Watts (born February 20, 1971) is a computational social scientist and a professor at the University of Pennsylvania.
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