Cleve Moler
Cleve Barry Moler | |
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 Cleve Moler, chairman, and cofounder of MathWorks | |
| Born | August 17, 1939 |
| Education | |
| Known for | MATLAB |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics,Computer science |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | Finite difference methods for the eigenvalues of Laplace's operator(1965) |
| Doctoral advisor | George Forsythe |
| Doctoral students | |
Cleve Barry Moler(born August 17, 1939) is an Americanmathematicianandcomputer programmerspecializing innumerical analysis.In the mid to late 1970s, he was one of the authors ofLINPACKandEISPACK,Fortranlibraries for numerical computing. He createdMATLAB,a numerical computing package, to give his students at theUniversity of New Mexicoeasy access to these libraries without writing Fortran. In 1984, he co-foundedMathWorkswithJack Littleto commercialize this program.[1]
Biography
[edit]He received hisbachelor's degreefromCalifornia Institute of Technologyin 1961, and aPh.D.in 1965 fromStanford University,both in mathematics.[2]He worked for Charles Lawson at theJet Propulsion Laboratoryin 1961 and 1962.
He was a professor of mathematics and computer science for almost 20 years at theUniversity of Michigan,Stanford University,and theUniversity of New Mexico.[3]Before joiningMathWorksfull-time in 1989, he also worked forIntelHypercube, where he coined the term "embarrassingly parallel",andArdent Computer Corporation.He is also co-author of four textbooks on numerical methods and is a member of theAssociation for Computing Machinery.He was president of theSociety for Industrial and Applied Mathematics2007–2008.[4]
He was elected a member of theNational Academy of Engineeringon February 14, 1997, for conceiving and developing widely used mathematical software. He received an honorary degree fromLinköping University,Sweden. He received an honorary degree of Doctor of Mathematics from theUniversity of Waterlooin 2001.[5]On April 30, 2004, he was appointed Honorary Doctor (doctor technices, honoris causa) at theTechnical University of Denmark.In 2009, he was recognized by Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics as a SIAM Fellow[6]for his outstanding contributions to numerical analysis and software, including the invention of MATLAB. In April 2012, theIEEE Computer Societynamed Cleve the recipient of the 2012 Computer Pioneer Award.[7]In February 2014, IEEE named Cleve the recipient of the 2014IEEE John von Neumann Medal.[8]In April 2017, he was made Fellow of theComputer History Museum.[9][10]
Publications
[edit]- Forsythe, George E., Malcolm, Michael A., Moler, Cleve B., "Computer methods for mathematical computations", Prentice-Hall Series in Automatic Computation,Prentice-Hall., Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1977.MR0458783ISBN0-13-165332-6
- Moler, Cleve B.,"Numerical Computing with MATLAB",Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics,2004,ISBN978-0-89871-560-6
References
[edit]- ^Schwan, Henry."MathWorks in Natick marks its 35th anniversary".MetroWest Daily News, Framingham, MA.Retrieved2021-02-09.
- ^Cleve Moler Elected Next SIAM PresidentArchived2015-01-17 at theWayback Machine,News of SIAM, December 16, 2005
- ^Math whiz stamps profound imprint on computing worldArchived2009-02-05 at theWayback Machine,New Mexico Business Weekly, January 30, 2009
- ^SIAM Presidentshttp:// siam.org/about/more/presidents.phpArchived2018-01-03 at theWayback Machine
- ^"Doctor of Mathematics Honorary Degree Recipients".University of Waterloo.Retrieved2024-05-22.
- ^"Fellows Program | SIAM".
- ^MATLAB Creator Cleve Moler Wins Computer Pioneer AwardArchived2014-08-26 at theWayback Machine,IEEE Computer Press Release, April 11, 2012
- ^Recipients of the 2014 Medals and AwardsArchived2014-02-24 at theWayback Machine,IEEE Computer Press Release, February 14, 2014
- ^Spicer, Dag (2017-04-06)."2017 CHM Fellow Cleve Moler: Mozart of the Matrix".Computer History Museum.Archivedfrom the original on 2017-08-08.Retrieved2017-08-08.
- ^Computer History Museum (2017-08-04)."Cleve Moler - 2017 CHM Fellow".YouTube.Archivedfrom the original on 2018-01-04.Retrieved2017-08-08.
External links
[edit]- MathWorks biography of Moler
- Cleve Moler, Oral history interview by Thomas Haigh, 8 and 9 March, 2004, Santa Barbara, California. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia, PALengthy interview transcript covering Moler's entire career. Full text available online.
- Cleve Molerpublications indexed byGoogle Scholar
- Cleve Molerat theMathematics Genealogy Project
- Publications by Cleve MoleratResearchGate
- 1939 births
- 20th-century American mathematicians
- 21st-century American mathematicians
- American computer programmers
- University of Michigan faculty
- Stanford University Department of Mathematics faculty
- University of New Mexico faculty
- California Institute of Technology alumni
- Stanford University School of Humanities and Sciences alumni
- Living people
- Numerical analysts
- Fellows of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
- Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering
- Presidents of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics