Michael Burrows

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Michael Burrows (born circa 1963) is widely known as the creator of the Burrows-Wheeler transform. He also was, with Louis Monier, one of the two main creators of AltaVista [1]. Burrows has worked for Microsoft [2], and now works for Google [3]. Burrows was born in Britain, and now lives in the United States, though he has chosen not to become an American citizen.

[edit] References

  1. ^ 1996 Dvorak Awards Winners
  2. ^ langreiter.com plain, simple: Michael Burrows
  3. ^ The Genius: Mike Burrows' self-effacing journey through Silicon Valley - The Cardinal Inquirer
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