# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gunnar-carlsson
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:41:15.642Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gunnar-carlsson"
name: "Gunnar Carlsson"
slug: "gunnar-carlsson"
description: "Gunnar E. Carlsson is an American mathematician, working in algebraic topology. He is known for his work on the Segal conjecture, and for his work on applied algebraic topology, especially topological data analysis. He is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Mathematics at Stanford University. He is the founder and president of the predictive technology company Ayasdi."
tagline: "Mathematician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gunnar_Carlsson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
  name: "Academics"
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profileType:
  name: "Academic"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1952-08-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             24.71404658948249
  historical:           5.685458666666667
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  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://profiles.stanford.edu/gunnar-carlsson"
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    title: "Gunnar Carlsson"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnar_Carlsson"
    title: "Gunnar Carlsson"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnar_Carlsson"
    title: "Gunnar Carlsson"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump