Mark Adler
Mark Adler | |
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Adler in 2002 | |
| Born | April 3, 1959 Miami, Florida, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater | University of Florida, California Institute of Technology |
| Known for | Adler-32, zlib |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Data compression, Space exploration |
| Institutions | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Doctoral advisor | Mark Wise |
| Website | https://madler.net/madler/ (old website archived at the Wayback Machine and Ghostarchive |
Mark Adler (born 1959) is an American software engineer. He is best known for his work in the field of data compression as the author of the Adler-32 checksum function, and a co-author, together with Jean-loup Gailly, of the zlib compression library and gzip. He has contributed to Info-ZIP, and has participated in developing the Portable Network Graphics (PNG) image format. Adler was also the Spirit Cruise Mission Manager for the Mars Exploration Rover mission.