Michael Burrows

Summary

Michael Burrows is a human^[1]. He was born on +1963-01-01T00:00:00Z^[2]. He worked as a computer scientist^[3] and engineer^[4]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (40 views/month, #7,265 of 1,000,298).^[5]

Key Facts

• Michael Burrows was born on +1963-01-01T00:00:00Z^[2].
• Michael Burrows held citizenship in United Kingdom^[6].
• Michael Burrows worked as a computer scientist^[3].
• Michael Burrows worked as an engineer^[4].
• Michael Burrows's field of work was computer science^[7].
• Michael Burrows was employed by Google^[8].
• Michael Burrows was educated at University College London^[9].
• Michael Burrows was educated at Churchill College^[10].
• Michael Burrows was educated at University of Cambridge^[11].
• Michael Burrows's doctoral advisor was David Wheeler^[12].
• Michael Burrows received the Fellow of the Royal Society^[13].
• Michael Burrows received the Fellow of the Royal Society^[14].
• Michael Burrows received the Paris Kanellakis Award^[15].
• Michael Burrows was a member of Royal Society^[16].
• Michael Burrows was influenced by Roger Michael Needham^[17].
• Michael Burrows is recorded as male^[18].
• Michael Burrows's instance of is recorded as human^[19].
• Michael Burrows's Mathematics Genealogy Project ID is recorded as 137831^[20].
• Michael Burrows's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03cnm76^[21].
• Michael Burrows's family name is recorded as Burrows^[22].
• Michael Burrows's given name is recorded as Michael^[23].
• Michael Burrows's ACM Digital Library author ID is recorded as 81100440097^[24].
• Michael Burrows's Scopus author ID is recorded as 7103139604^[25].
• Michael Burrows's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as English^[26].
• Michael Burrows's zbMATH author ID is recorded as burrows.michael^[27].

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Origins and Family

Michael Burrows was born on +1963-01-01T00:00:00Z^[2].

Education

Educated at University College London^[9], a university college^[28], in United Kingdom^[29], founded in 1826^[30], headquartered in UCL Main Building^[31]; Churchill College^[10], a college of the University of Cambridge^[32], in United Kingdom^[33], founded in 1960^[34]; and University of Cambridge^[11], a collegiate university^[35], in United Kingdom^[36], founded in 1209^[37], headquartered in Cambridge^[38]. Michael Burrows's doctoral advisor was David Wheeler^[12].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include computer scientist^[3] and engineer^[4]. Michael Burrows's field of work was computer science^[7]. He was employed by Google^[8].

Recognition

Awards received include Fellow of the Royal Society^[13], a fellowship award^[39], in United Kingdom^[40] and Paris Kanellakis Award^[15], an award^[41].

Works and Contributions

Things named for Michael Burrows include Burrows–Wheeler transform^[42], a compression algorithm^[43] and Burrows–Abadi–Needham logic^[44], a logical system^[45].

Why It Matters

Michael Burrows ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (40 views/month, #7,265 of 1,000,298).^[5]

Entities named for him include Burrows–Wheeler transform^[42], a compression algorithm^[43] and Burrows–Abadi–Needham logic^[44], a logical system^[45].

FAQs

What did Michael Burrows do for work?

Michael Burrows worked as computer scientist^[3] and engineer^[4].

Where did Michael Burrows go to school?

Michael Burrows was educated at University College London^[9], Churchill College^[10], and University of Cambridge^[11].

What awards did Michael Burrows receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the Royal Society^[13], Fellow of the Royal Society^[14], and Paris Kanellakis Award^[15].