Ian Munro (computer scientist), Date of Birth
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About Ian Munro (computer scientist)
- James Ian Munro (born July 10, 1947) 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). 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, Munro finished his doctorate in 1971 from the University of Toronto, under the supervision of Allan Borodin.
- 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.
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