Mike Fraser (computer scientist) explained

Mike Fraser
Nationality:British
Fields:Computer science
Workplaces:University of Bath
University of Bristol
University of Nottingham
Alma Mater:University of Nottingham
Awards:FRSA

Mike Fraser FRSA (born 1975) is a British computer scientist. He is Head of Computer Science at the University of Bristol.[1]

Life and career

Fraser was a student at University of Nottingham from 1993 until 1996 where he acquired his bachelor's degree in Computer Science. He also attained a PhD in Computer Science from the same institution during 1997 and 2000.

After graduating, he worked as a lecturer at the University of Nottingham from 2001 to 2004, before he moved to Bristol and became a senior lecturer at the University of Bristol from 2004.

In 2012, Fraser became a Professor of Human-computer interaction.

In 2019, he was made Head of Computer Science at the University of Bath[2], before returning to the University of Bristol in 2022.

Fraser's research is often based around his specialisation in Human-computer interaction.[3]

His first PC was an Amstrad CPC 464.[4]

Awards and recognition

Fraser sits on the steering committee of the TEI conference series, was awarded a ‘best paper’ award at ACM CHI 2005,[5] and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Professor Mike Fraser - Our People .
  2. Web site: New Heads of Department Announced.
  3. Web site: Mike C Fraser - Research outputs - University of Bristol . Research-information.bristol.ac.uk . 2013-10-30.
  4. Web site: The Future of Personal Computers | DShed . Watershed.co.uk . 2010-06-03 . 2013-10-30.
  5. Web site: Short biography for Mike Fraser . www.cs.bris.ac.uk . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20041212150857/http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/~fraser/bio.html . 2004-12-12.
  6. Web site: Mike Fraser awarded Fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts. dead. https://archive.today/20131031235803/http://big.cs.bris.ac.uk/2012/01/mike-fraser-awarded-fellowship-of-the-royal-society-of-arts/. 2013-10-31.