Mike Fraser (computer scientist)

Mike Fraser
Born	1975 (age 39–40)
Nationality	British
Fields	Computer science
Institutions	University of Bristol University of Nottingham
Alma mater	University of Nottingham
Notable awards	FRSA
Website www.cs.bris.ac.uk/~fraser/

Mike Fraser FRSA (born 1975) is a British computer scientist. He is a Professor of Human-computer interaction in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Bristol.^{[1] [2][3]}

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.

Fraser's research is often based around his specialisation at Human-computer interaction.^[4]

His first PC was an Amstrad CPC 464.^[5]

Awards and recognition

Fraser sits on the steering committee of the TEI conference series, was awarded a ‘best paper’ award at ACM CHI 2005,^[6] and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.^[7]

References

1. "University of Bristol Computer Science Department Profile". University of Bristol. Retrieved 2014-05-24.
2. University of Bristol Profile
3. Mike Fraser's publications indexed by the DBLP Bibliography Server at the University of Trier
4. "Mike C Fraser - Research outputs - University of Bristol". Research-information.bristol.ac.uk. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
5. "The Future of Personal Computers | DShed". Watershed.co.uk. 2010-06-03. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
6. http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/~fraser/bio.html
7. "Mike Fraser awarded Fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts".