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Biography
Mike Fraser FRSA (born 1975) is a British computer scientist. He is Head of Computer Science at the University of Bath.
Life and career
Fraser was a student at University of Nottingham from 1993 until 1996 where he acquired his bachelor's degree in Computer Science. He also attained a PhD in Computer Science from the same institution during 1997 and 2000.
After graduating, he worked as a lecturer at the University of Nottingham from 2001 to 2004, before he moved to Bristol and became a senior lecturer at the University of Bristol from 2004.
In 2012, Fraser became a Professor of Human-computer interaction. In 2019, he moved to the University of Bath to become Head of Department.
Fraser's research is often based around his specialisation at Human-computer interaction.
His first PC was an Amstrad CPC 464.
Awards and recognition
Fraser sits on the steering committee of the TEI conference series, was awarded a ‘best paper’ award at ACM CHI 2005, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.