Charles U. "Chip" Martel (born 1953) [1] [2] is an American computer scientist and bridge player.
Martel was Inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2014. [3] He is married to Jan Martel, also in the ACBL Hall of Fame.
Martel received a B.S. degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1975, and a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley in 1980. [1] He helped establish the computer science department at UC Davis, received tenure there in 1985–86, and retired in 2013. [4] At UC Davis he is Charles U. Martel, Professor Emeritus. [1] His academic interests involved designing and analyzing algorithms. [1]
Michael Rosenberg is an American bridge player.
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The Jacoby Open Swiss Teams national bridge championship is held at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
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