Alan Mycroft

Alan Mycroft
Alma mater	University of Cambridge (BA, MA, ScD) University of Edinburgh (PhD)
Known for	Norcroft C compiler Raspberry Pi Foundation
Children	4
Scientific career
Fields	Programming languages Compilation Static Analysis [1]
Institutions	University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory Raspberry Pi Foundation
Thesis	Abstract interpretation and optimising transformations for applicative programs  (1982)
Doctoral advisor	Rod Burstall Robin Milner [2]
Website	www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~am21/

Alan Mycroft is an Emeritus Professor ^[3] at the Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Robinson College, Cambridge, where he used to serve as director of studies for computer science. ^[4]

Education

Mycroft read mathematics at Cambridge then moved to Edinburgh where he completed his Doctor of Philosophy degree with a thesis on Abstract interpretation and optimising transformations for applicative programs ^[2] supervised by Rod Burstall and Robin Milner.

Research

Mycroft's research interests ^{[5] [6] [7] [8] [1]} are in programming languages, software engineering and algorithms. ^{[9] [10] [11] [12]}

With Arthur Norman, he co-created the Norcroft C compiler. ^[13] He is also a named trustee of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, a charitable organisation whose single-board computer is intended to stimulate the teaching of basic computer science in schools. ^[14]

Personal life

Mycroft has four children.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. Alan Mycroft publications indexed by Google Scholar
2. Mycroft, Alan (1982). Abstract interpretation and optimising transformations for applicative programs (PhD thesis). University of Edinburgh. OCLC   10271733.
3. "Alan Mycroft Emeritus Professor" . Retrieved 21 June 2025.
4. "Computer Lab Roles and Responsibilities – History" . Retrieved 6 January 2025.
5. Alan Mycroft publications indexed by Microsoft Academic
6. Alan Mycroft at DBLP Bibliography Server
7. Alan Mycroft author profile page at the ACM Digital Library
8. Alan Mycroft's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
9. Mycroft, A.; O'Keefe, R. A. (1984). "A polymorphic type system for prolog". Artificial Intelligence. 23 (3): 295. doi:10.1016/0004-3702(84)90017-1.
10. Mycroft, A. (1984). "Polymorphic type schemes and recursive definitions". International Symposium on Programming. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol. 167. pp. 217–228. doi:10.1007/3-540-12925-1_41. ISBN   978-3-540-12925-7.
11. Mycroft, A. (1980). "The theory and practice of transforming call-by-need into call-by-value". International Symposium on Programming. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol. 83. pp. 269–281. doi:10.1007/3-540-09981-6_19. ISBN   978-3-540-09981-9.
12. Nethercote, N.; Mycroft, A. (2003). "Redux". Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science. 89 (2): 149. doi: 10.1016/S1571-0661(04)81047-8 .
13. Mycroft, Alan; Norman, Arthur C. (1992). "Part I: classical imperative languages". Optimising compilation. Cambridge, UK: University of Cambridge, Computer Laboratory. CiteSeerX   10.1.1.43.9953 . OCLC   29982690. […] the 'Norcroft' compiler suite jointly constructed by the authors […] Commercial interests are referred to Codemist Ltd. […]
14. Bush, Steve (26 May 2011). "In depth: Raspberry Pi, the computer on a stick". Electronics Weekly . Retrieved 11 July 2011. The Raspberry Pi developers and trustees of its Foundation are: David Braben – Founder of games software firm Frontier Developments and co-author of 'Elite'. Jack Lang – Business angel, early Acorn employee, founder of Cambridge start-ups. Pete Lomas – Founder and MD of Norcott Technologies. Robert Mullins – University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory and St. John's College, Cambridge. Alan Mycroft – Professor of Computing in University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory Eben Upton – Engineer at Broadcom Europe, founder of software start-ups, and former director of computer science at St. John's College, Cambridge.