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Michael Henry Albert (born September 20, 1962) is a mathematician and computer scientist, originally from
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, and currently a professor in the computer science department at the
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in
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,
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. His varied research interests include
combinatorics Combinatorics is an area of mathematics primarily concerned with counting, both as a means and as an end to obtaining results, and certain properties of finite structures. It is closely related to many other areas of mathematics and has many ...
and
combinatorial game theory Combinatorial game theory is a branch of mathematics and theoretical computer science that typically studies sequential games with perfect information. Research in this field has primarily focused on two-player games in which a ''position'' ev ...
.


Education and career

Albert received his B.Math in 1981 from the
University of Waterloo The University of Waterloo (UWaterloo, UW, or Waterloo) is a Public university, public research university located in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is on of land adjacent to uptown Waterloo and Waterloo Park. The university also op ...
. In that year Albert received the
Rhodes Scholarship The Rhodes Scholarship is an international postgraduate award for students to study at the University of Oxford in Oxford, United Kingdom. The scholarship is open to people from all backgrounds around the world. Established in 1902, it is ...
, and he completed his D. Phil. in 1984 at the
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. He then returned to the University of Waterloo. From 1987 to 1996 he was a professor at
Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The institution was established in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools. In 1912, it became the Carnegie Institu ...
. Albert has been at the University of Otago since 1998.


Contributions

Together with J.P. Grossman and Richard Nowakowski, Albert invented the game Clobber.
Getting Clobbered
' article at ''
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'' Albert has also contributed to the Combinatorial Game Suite game analysis software, and is a coauthor of ''Lessons in Play: An Introduction to Combinatorial Game Theory''. Another significant topic of his research has been
permutation pattern In combinatorial mathematics and theoretical computer science, a (classical) permutation pattern is a sub-permutation of a longer permutation. Any permutation may be written in one-line notation as a sequence of entries representing the result of a ...
s. In 2003, he and Mike Atkinson co-founded the
Permutation Patterns In combinatorics, combinatorial mathematics and theoretical computer science, a (classical) permutation pattern is a sub-permutation of a longer permutation. Any permutation may be written in Permutation#One-line_notation, one-line notation as a seq ...
conference, which has since become the primary annual meeting in the field.


See also

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References


External links


Michael H. Albert's page at the University of Otago
{{DEFAULTSORT:Albert, Michael H. Living people 1962 births 20th-century Canadian mathematicians 21st-century Canadian mathematicians Canadian computer scientists Canadian expatriates in New Zealand Canadian Rhodes Scholars People from Penetanguishene Combinatorialists Combinatorial game theorists Academic staff of the University of Otago University of Waterloo alumni