Background
Fischer, Michael John was born on April 20, 1942 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Son of Carl Hahn and Kathleen (Kirkpatrick) Fischer.
Fischer, Michael John was born on April 20, 1942 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Son of Carl Hahn and Kathleen (Kirkpatrick) Fischer.
Bachelor of Science, University of Michigan, 1963; Master of Arts (National Science Foundation fellow), Harvard University, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1968.
Teaching fellow Harvard University, 1965-1967. Assistant professor computer science Carnegie-Mellon University, 1968-1969. Assistant professor mathematics Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1969-1973, associate professor electrical engineering, 1973-1975.
Professor computer science University Washington, 1975-1981, director Computer Science Laboratory, 1976-1979. Professor computer science Yale University, New Haven, since 1981, director graduate studies in computer science, 1992-1999. Program chairman Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Symposium on Foundations Computer Science, 1976, 11th Association Computing Machinery Symposium on Theory Computing, 1979, Association Computing Machinery Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing, 1982.
Senior visiting fellow University Warwick, Coventry, England, summer 1972. Visiting associate professor University Toronto, spring, 1974. Guest professor University Frankfurt, Germany, summer 1974, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zurich, summer 1975.
Visiting scientist University Saarbrücken, Germany, fall 1988. Member advisory committee for mathematics and computer scis National Science Foundation, 1978-1981. Member committee on recommendations for United States Army Basic Science Research, 1978-1981.
Consultant Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, 1982. Co-organizer Oberwolfach Conferences on Mathematics Methods of VSLI and Distributed Computing, 1983, 87, 91. Founding member subcommittee on status women in computer science Computing Research Association, 1990-1993.
Chairman international science advisory board Max-Planck-Institute for Informatik, Saarbrücken, 1993-2006. Guest professor Wuhan University and member academy committee State Key Laboratory Software Engineering, Wuhan, 2001-2004.
Founding member TrueVoteCT.org, since 2005, president, since 2007. Fellow Association Computing Machinery (secretary-treasurer special interest group on programming languages 1971-1973, local arrangements chairman conference 1973). Member American Mathematics Society, European Association Theoretical Computer Science, Yale Figure Skating Club (president 1989-1991, 1997-2001), Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Alice Edna Waltz, June 1, 1963. Children: Edward Michael, Robert Patrick, David Frederick.