Mike Fraser (computer scientist)

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Mike Fraser
Born1975 (age 48–49)
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Nottingham
AwardsFRSA
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
InstitutionsUniversity of Bath
University of Bristol
University of Nottingham
Websitewww.cs.bris.ac.uk/~fraser/

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[edit]

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[edit]

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]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Professor Mike Fraser - Our People".
  2. ^ "New Heads of Department Announced".
  3. ^ "Mike C Fraser - Research outputs - University of Bristol". Research-information.bristol.ac.uk. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  4. ^ "The Future of Personal Computers | DShed". Watershed.co.uk. 3 June 2010. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  5. ^ "Short biography for Mike Fraser". www.cs.bris.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 12 December 2004.
  6. ^ "Mike Fraser awarded Fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts". Archived from the original on 31 October 2013.