David Wheeler | |
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Born | David John Wheeler 9 February 1927[5] Birmingham, England |
Died | 13 December 2004 Cambridge, England | (aged 77)
Nationality | British |
Education | University of Cambridge (MA, PhD) |
Known for | inventing subroutines Burrows–Wheeler transform (BWT)[6] Tiny Encryption Algorithm (TEA)[7] Wheeler Jump[8] WAKE EDSAC[9] |
Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society (1981) Computer Pioneer Award (1985) Fellow, Computer History Museum (2003)[1] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Computer Science |
Institutions | University of Cambridge Computer Lab, Cambridge Darwin College, Cambridge |
Thesis | Automatic Computing With EDSAC (1951) |
Doctoral advisor | Maurice Wilkes[2] |
Doctoral students |
David John Wheeler FRS (9 February 1927 – 13 December 2004)[10][11][12] was a computer scientist and professor of computer science at the University of Cambridge.[13][14][15][16]
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