Mike Fraser
FRSA
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(born 1975) is a
British computer scientist
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Computer scientists typically work on the theoretical side of computation, as opposed to the hardware side on which computer engineers mainly focus ( ...
. He is Head of Computer Science at the
University of Bristol
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.
Life and career
Fraser was a student at
University of Nottingham
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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
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from 2001 to 2004, before he moved to Bristol and became a senior lecturer at the
University of Bristol
The University of Bristol is a Red brick university, red brick Russell Group research university in Bristol, England. It received its royal charter in 1909, although it can trace its roots to a Society of Merchant Venturers, Merchant Venturers' sc ...
from 2004.
In 2012, Fraser became a
Professor
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of
Human-computer interaction.
In 2019, he was made Head of Computer Science at the
University of Bath
(Virgil, Georgics II)
, mottoeng = Learn the culture proper to each after its kind
, established = 1886 (Merchant Venturers Technical College) 1960 (Bristol College of Science and Technology) 1966 (Bath University of Technology) 1971 (univ ...
, before returning to the
University of Bristol
The University of Bristol is a Red brick university, red brick Russell Group research university in Bristol, England. It received its royal charter in 1909, although it can trace its roots to a Society of Merchant Venturers, Merchant Venturers' sc ...
in 2022.
Fraser's research is often based around his specialisation in Human-computer interaction.
His first PC was an Amstrad CPC 464.
Awards and recognition
Fraser sits on the steering committee of the TEI conference series, was awarded a ‘best paper’ award at ACM CHI 2005, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
References
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1975 births
Living people
British computer scientists
Academics of the University of Bristol
Alumni of the University of Nottingham
Academics of the University of Nottingham