Timothy J. Hickey
Encyclopedia
Timothy J Hickey is a professor
of computer science
and Chair of the Computer Science and Internet Studies Program (INET) at Brandeis University
. He was born on July 24, 1955.
Hickey's specialties include analysis of algorithms
, logic programming and parallel processing, symbolic manipulation, and groupware. He is also the lead developer of the JScheme
programming language and the GrewpEdit collaborative editor.
Hickey has a B.A. from Brandeis University
and an M.S. and a Ph.D. from University of Chicago
.
Professor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
of computer science
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
and Chair of the Computer Science and Internet Studies Program (INET) at Brandeis University
Brandeis University
Brandeis University is an American private research university with a liberal arts focus. It is located in the southwestern corner of Waltham, Massachusetts, nine miles west of Boston. The University has an enrollment of approximately 3,200 undergraduate and 2,100 graduate students. In 2011, it...
. He was born on July 24, 1955.
Hickey's specialties include analysis of algorithms
Analysis of algorithms
To analyze an algorithm is to determine the amount of resources necessary to execute it. Most algorithms are designed to work with inputs of arbitrary length...
, logic programming and parallel processing, symbolic manipulation, and groupware. He is also the lead developer of the JScheme
JScheme
JScheme is an implementation of the Scheme programming language, created by Kenneth R. Anderson, Timothy J. Hickey and Peter Norvig, which is almost compliant with the R4RS Scheme standard and which has an interface to Java....
programming language and the GrewpEdit collaborative editor.
Hickey has a B.A. from Brandeis University
Brandeis University
Brandeis University is an American private research university with a liberal arts focus. It is located in the southwestern corner of Waltham, Massachusetts, nine miles west of Boston. The University has an enrollment of approximately 3,200 undergraduate and 2,100 graduate students. In 2011, it...
and an M.S. and a Ph.D. from University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
.