Mike Fraser (computer scientist)

Mike Fraser FRSA (born 1975) is a British computer scientist. He is Head of Computer Science at the University of Bristol.^[1]

Mike Fraser
Born	1975 (age 49–50)
Nationality	British
Alma mater	University of Nottingham
Awards	FRSA
Scientific career
Fields	Computer science
Institutions	University of Bath University of Bristol University of Nottingham
Website	www.cs.bris.ac.uk/~fraser/

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 was made Head of Computer Science at the University of Bath^[2] , before returning to the University of Bristol in 2022.

Fraser's research is often based around his specialisation in Human-computer interaction.^[3]

His first PC was an Amstrad CPC 464.^[4]

Awards and recognition

Fraser sits on the steering committee of the TEI conference series, was awarded a ‘best paper’ award at ACM CHI 2005,^[5] and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.^[6]