Michael Dinneen

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Michael J. Dinneen is an American-New Zealand mathematician and computer scientist working as a senior lecturer at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. [1] He is deputy director of the Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science. [2] He does research in combinatorial optimization, distributed computing, and graph theory. [1]

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Dinneen was educated at the University of Idaho (BS), Washington State University, and University of Victoria (MS and PhD). He worked at the Los Alamos National Laboratory before moving to New Zealand and the University of Auckland. [1]

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  1. 1 2 3 Michael J. Dinneen profile, University of Auckland, retrieved 2024-06-12
  2. "Our personnel". Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science. Retrieved 2024-06-12.