| Norman Matloff | |
| Birth Name: | Norman Saul Matloff |
| Birth Date: | 16 December 1948 |
| Workplaces: | University of California, Davis |
| Alma Mater: | University of California, Los Angeles (PhD) |
| Thesis Title: | Equilibrium Behavior in an Infinite Voting Model |
| Doctoral Advisor: | Thomas M. Liggett |
| Known For: | Author of data science and R books |
Norman Saul Matloff (born December 16, 1948) is an American professor of computer science at the University of California, Davis.
Norman Saul Matloff was born on December 16, 1948. Matloff received his Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1975 from the mathematics department at the University of California, Los Angeles under the supervision of Thomas M. Liggett.[1] His dissertation was titled Equilibrium Behavior in an Infinite Voting Model.
Matloff is the author of several books on computer science, statistics and programming, including
Matloff is also the author of many articles concerning machine learning, parallel computing and recommender systems. His just under 2000 citations amount to an h-index of 22.[2]
Matloff also writes a blog. He views the increased use of H-1B visas[3] in the high technology field as an unnecessary practice that harms the prospects of Americans in the field. His opinions have been published in US national media relating broader policy debates about immigration,[4] education,[5] discrimination,[6] and business hiring practices.[7]
Matloff previously served as the Editor in Chief of the R Journal.[8] He is the author of several software packages for the programming language R and holds a conservative view of R's development, discouraging premature exposure of students to the newer Tidyverse dialect of R. His views are supported by other academic teachers of the R language including Holger K. von Juanne-Diedrich,[9] Jasper McChesney[10] and a few others. However, academic debate contains many arguments for the use of Tidyverse[11] and the dialect has won over most certifications in R.
In 2002, together with two colleagues, he was awarded the annual Distinguished Public Service Awards at UC Davis.
"Matloff has testified before the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives on immigration issues and has served as an expert witness in age-discrimination lawsuits. He has advised federal and state agencies, including the U.S. departments of Commerce and State and the White House, on employment issues. He has served on a number of panels and committees on computer-industry hiring practices sponsored by industry, academia, government and public interest groups."[1]