David Wheeler (computer scientist)
David Wheeler | |
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| Born | David John Wheeler 9 February 1927 Birmingham, England |
| Died | 13 December 2004 (aged 77) Cambridge, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | University of Cambridge (MA, PhD) |
| Known for | inventing subroutines Burrows–Wheeler transform (BWT) Tiny Encryption Algorithm (TEA) Wheeler Jump WAKE EDSAC |
| Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society (1981) Computer Pioneer Award (1985) Fellow, Computer History Museum (2003) |
| 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 |
| Doctoral students | |
David John Wheeler FRS (9 February 1927 – 13 December 2004) was an English computer scientist and professor of computer science at the University of Cambridge.