Mike Fraser (computer scientist)

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Mike Fraser
Born1975 (age 4748)
NationalityBritish
Alma mater University of Nottingham
Awards FRSA
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
Institutions University of Bath
University of Bristol
University of Nottingham
Website www.cs.bris.ac.uk/~fraser/

Mike Fraser FRSA (born 1975) is a British computer scientist. He is Head of Computer Science at the University of Bristol. [1]

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Life and career

Fraser was a student at University of Nottingham 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 from 2001 to 2004, before he moved to Bristol and became a senior lecturer at the University of Bristol from 2004.

In 2012, Fraser became a Professor of Human-computer interaction.

In 2019, he was made Head of Computer Science at the University of Bath [2] , before returning to the University of Bristol in 2022.

Fraser's research is often based around his specialisation in Human-computer interaction. [3]

His first PC was an Amstrad CPC 464. [4]

Awards and recognition

Fraser sits on the steering committee of the TEI conference series, was awarded a ‘best paper’ award at ACM CHI 2005, [5] and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. [6]

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References

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  2. "New Heads of Department Announced".
  3. "Mike C Fraser - Research outputs - University of Bristol". Research-information.bristol.ac.uk. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  4. "The Future of Personal Computers | DShed". Watershed.co.uk. 3 June 2010. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  5. "Short biography for Mike Fraser". www.cs.bris.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 12 December 2004.
  6. "Mike Fraser awarded Fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts". Archived from the original on 31 October 2013.