Rafael Finkel ( Raphael Finkel ; 1951, Chicago , USA ) - American scientist in the field of computer science , professor at the University of Kentucky . He is the author of the network encyclopedic dictionary of hacker slang “ Jargon File ”, “An Operating Systems Vade Mecum”, a book on operating systems, as well as “Advanced Programming Language Design”, an introductory book on programming paradigms . Rafael Finkel and John Bentley are the authors of the quad tree data structure .
| Rafael Finkel | |
|---|---|
| Raphael A. Finkel | |
| Date of Birth | 1951 |
| Place of Birth | Chicago , USA |
| A country |  USA |
| Scientific field | Informatics |
| Place of work | University of Kentucky |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago Stanford University |
| Academic degree | Ph.D |
| Academic rank | Professor |
| supervisor | Vinton Gray Surf |
| Known as | the author of the data structure " Quadrant Tree " |
Biography
Finkel was born in Chicago . He entered the University of Chicago , where he received a bachelor's degree in mathematics and a master's degree in pedagogy . He then received a PhD from Stanford University under the supervision of Winton Cerf .
Finkel got a seat at the University of Wisconsin in Madison after completing his doctorate and stayed there from 1976 until 1987 - until he got a job at the University of Kentucky.
Links
- Homepage at the University of Kentucky
- ftp://ftp.cs.uky.edu/cs/manuscripts/vade.mecum.2.pdf - An Operating Systems Vade Mecum
- ftp://ftp.aw.com/cseng/authors/finkel/apld/ - Advanced Programming Language Design
- http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~santhas/research/paper1/node4.html
- Seminar notice including biography