David William Matula (born 1937)[1] is an American mathematician and computer scientist known for his research on graph theory, graph algorithms, computer arithmetic, and algorithm engineering. He is a professor emeritus at Southern Methodist University, where he formerly held the Cruse C. and Marjorie F. Calahan Centennial Chair in Engineering.[2]
David Matula | |
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| Education | Washington University in St. Louis (BS) University of California, Berkeley (PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Southern Methodist University |
| Thesis | Games of Sequence Prediction (1966) |
| Doctoral advisor | David Blackwell |
Education and career
editMatula was an undergraduate at Washington University in St. Louis,[2] graduating in 1959.[3] He completed his Ph.D. in 1966 at the University of California, Berkeley, with the dissertation Games of Sequence Prediction supervised by David Blackwell.[4]
After completing his Ph.D., he returned to Washington University in St. Louis as a faculty member. He joined the Southern Methodist University faculty in 1974 as chair of the Computer Science and Engineering Department,[2] was named to the Cruse C. and Marjorie F. Calahan Centennial Chair in Engineering in 2016,[3] and retired in 2018.[2]
Book
editMatula is the coauthor, with Peter Kornerup, of the book Finite Precision Number Systems and Arithmetic (Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications 133, Cambridge University Press, 2010).[5]
References
edit- ^ Birth year from German National Library catalog entry, retrieved 2021-07-05
- ^ a b c d "David W. Matula, Lyle School of Engineering 2018", SMU Retired Faculty, Southern Methodist University, retrieved 2021-07-05
- ^ a b Curriculum vitae (PDF), February 2017, retrieved 2021-07-05
- ^ David Matula at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ Reviews of Finite Precision Number Systems and Arithmetic: Frédéric Goualard, MR2732337; T. C. Mohan, Zbl 1230.68008