Michael Burrows (computer scientist)
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Born1963 (age 62–63)[1]
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
AlmamaterUniversity College London (BSc)
University of Cambridge (PhD)
University of Cambridge (PhD)
KnownforBurrows–Wheeler transform[2][3]
Michael Burrows | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1963 (age 62–63)[1] |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | University College London (BSc) University of Cambridge (PhD) |
| Known for | Burrows–Wheeler transform[2][3] |
| Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society (2013)[4] SIGOPS Mark Weiser Award (2003)[5] IET Achievement Medal (2019) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer Science |
| Institutions | Google University of Cambridge Digital Equipment Corporation AltaVista Microsoft |
| Thesis | Efficient Data Sharing (1988) |
| Doctoral advisor | David Wheeler[6][7] |
| Website | research |
Michael Burrows, FRS (born 1963) is a British computer scientist, one of the creators of AltaVista, and co-author of the paper that first described the Burrows–Wheeler transform. Born in Britain, as of 2018 he lives in the United States, although he remains a British citizen.[8][9][10]
Burrows studied Electronic Engineering with Computer Science at University College London and then completed his PhD in the Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge, where he was a postgraduate student of Churchill College, Cambridge supervised by David Wheeler.[6][11][12]
