Geoffrey C. Fox, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Geoffrey C. Fox

Computer Scientist, physicist

Date of Birth: 08-Jun-1944

Place of Birth: Dunfermline, Scotland, United Kingdom

Profession: engineer, computer scientist, physicist

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Geoffrey Charles Fox is a British-born American theoretical physicist and computer scientist.
He received a Ph.D.
in Theoretical Physics from Cambridge University in 1967 and is now a Distinguished Professor of Informatics and Computing, and Physics at Indiana University where he is director of the Digital Science Center and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies at the School of Informatics and Computing.
He previously held positions at Caltech, Syracuse University and Florida State University.
He has supervised the Ph.D.
of 65 students and published over 1200 publications in physics and computer science according to Google Scholar, including his book Parallel Computing Works! He currently works in applying computer science to bioinformatics, defense, earthquake and ice-sheet science, particle physics and chemical informatics.
He is principal investigator of FutureGrid – a new cyberinfrastructure test to enable development of new approaches to scientific computing.
He is involved in several projects to enhance the capabilities of Minority Serving Institutions.