Ian Munro (computer scientist)
James Ian Munro (born July 10, 1947)[1] is a Canadian computer scientist. He is known for his fundamental contributions to algorithms and data structures (including optimal binary search trees, priority queues, hashing, and space-efficient data structures).
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| Born | July 10, 1947 |
| Alma mater | University of New Brunswick University of British Columbia University of Toronto |
| Known for | Algorithms and data structures Succinct data structure Implicit data structure |
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| Fields | Computer Science |
| Institutions | University of Waterloo |
| Thesis | Some Results in the Study of Algorithms (1971) |
| Doctoral advisor | Allan Borodin |
After earning a bachelor's degree in 1968 from the University of New Brunswick and a master's in 1969 from the University of British Columbia,[1] Munro finished his doctorate in 1971 from the University of Toronto, under the supervision of Allan Borodin.[2] In Munro & Suwanda (1980), he formalized the notion of an implicit data structure, and has continued work in this area. He is currently a University Professor in the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo[3] and the Canada Research Chair in Algorithm Design (Tier I), a research title that was first given in 2001 and was renewed most recently in 2016.[4]
Awards and honours
Munro was elected as a member of the Royal Society of Canada in 2003.[5] He became an ACM Fellow in 2008 for his contributions to algorithms and data structures.[6]
In 2013 a conference was held at Waterloo in his honor,[7] and a festschrift was published as its proceedings.[8]
Partial bibliography
- Munro, J.Ian; Suwanda, Hendra (October 1980). "Implicit data structures for fast search and update". Journal of Computer and System Sciences. 21 (2): 236–250. doi:10.1016/0022-0000(80)90037-9.
References
- Curriculum vitae, as printed in the front matter of Space-Efficient Data Structures, Streams, and Algorithms.
- J. Ian (James) Munro at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- "University Professors at the University of Waterloo". 2012-02-09.
- "Canada Research Chairs | J. Ian Munro | Canada Research Chair in Algorithm Design". Government of Canada | Canada Research Chairs. June 25, 2021. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
- "Profile of Ian Munro". Archived from the original on 2015-09-15. Retrieved 2013-07-27.
- "ACM Fellows Award".
- Conference on Space Efficient Data Structures, Streams and Algorithms, August 15–16, 2013, retrieved 2013-11-04.
- Brodnik, Andrej; López-Ortiz, Alejandro; Raman, Venkatesh; Viola, Alfredo (2013). Space-Efficient Data Structures, Streams, and Algorithms: Papers in Honor of J. Ian Munro on the Occasion of His 66th Birthday. Germany: Springer. ISBN 978-3-642-40272-2.