Melvin Earl Maron Explained
Melvin Earl "Bill" Maron (Jan 23, 1924 - September 28, 2016) was an American computer scientist and emeritis professor of University of California, Berkeley.[1] He studied mechanical engineering and physics at the University of Nebraska and received his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of California in 1951.[2] Maron is best known for his work on probabilistic information retrieval which he published together with his friend and colleague Lary Kuhns.[3] [4] Quite remarkably, Maron also pioneered relational databases, proposing a system called the Relational Data File in 1967, on which Ted Codd based his Relational model of data.[5]
Notes and References
- Web site: In Memory of Professor Emeritus Melvin "Bill" Maron. UC Berkeley School of Information. 6 February 2017.
- 1954-06-01. Contributors. Transactions of the I.R.E. Professional Group on Electronic Computers. EC-3. 2. 50–51. 10.1109/IREPGELC.1954.6499422. 2168-1740.
- On relevance, probabilistic indexing, and information retrieval . Maron . Melvin E. . Kuhns . J. L. . Journal of the ACM . 7 . 1960 . 216–244 . 3 . 10.1145/321033.321035. 11592162 . free .
- An Historical Note on the Origins of Probabilistic Indexing . Maron . Melvin E. . Information Processing and Management . 44 . 2008 . 971–972 . 10.1016/j.ipm.2007.02.012 . 2 .
- A computer system for inference execution and data retrieval . Levein . Roger E. . Maron . Melvin E. . Communications of the ACM . 10 . 1967 . 715–721 . 10.1145/363790.363817 . 11 . 14979585 . free .
