C. J. van Rijsbergen
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C. J. "Keith" van Rijsbergen (Cornelis Joost van Rijsbergen) (born 1943) is a professor of computer science
and the leader of the Glasgow Information Retrieval Group based at the University of Glasgow
. He is one of the founders of modern Information Retrieval
and the author of the seminal monograph Information Retrieval and of the textbook The Geometry of Information Retrieval.
He was born in Rotterdam
, and educated in Holland, Indonesia
, Namibia
and Australia
.
His first degree is in mathematics from the University of Western Australia
, and in 1972 he completed a
PhD in computer science at the University of Cambridge
.
He spent three years lecturing in information retrieval and artificial intelligence at Monash University
before returning to Cambridge
to hold a Royal Society
Information Research Fellowship.
In 1980 he was appointed to the chair of computer science at University College Dublin
;
from there he moved in 1986 to Glasgow University.
In 2003 he was inducted as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery
. In 2004 he was awarded the Tony Kent Strix award
. In 2006, he was awarded the Gerard Salton Award
for Quantum haystacks.
Since 2007 he is Chairman of the Scientific Board of the Information Retrieval Facility
.
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
and the leader of the Glasgow Information Retrieval Group based at the University of Glasgow
University of Glasgow
The University of Glasgow is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities. Located in Glasgow, the university was founded in 1451 and is presently one of seventeen British higher education institutions ranked amongst the top 100 of the...
. He is one of the founders of modern Information Retrieval
Information retrieval
Information retrieval is the area of study concerned with searching for documents, for information within documents, and for metadata about documents, as well as that of searching structured storage, relational databases, and the World Wide Web...
and the author of the seminal monograph Information Retrieval and of the textbook The Geometry of Information Retrieval.
He was born in Rotterdam
Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
, and educated in Holland, Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
, Namibia
Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...
and Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
.
His first degree is in mathematics from the University of Western Australia
University of Western Australia
The University of Western Australia was established by an Act of the Western Australian Parliament in February 1911, and began teaching students for the first time in 1913. It is the oldest university in the state of Western Australia and the only university in the state to be a member of the...
, and in 1972 he completed a
PhD in computer science at the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
.
He spent three years lecturing in information retrieval and artificial intelligence at Monash University
Monash University
Monash University is a public university based in Melbourne, Victoria. It was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. Monash is a member of Australia's Group of Eight and the ASAIHL....
before returning to Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
to hold a Royal Society
Royal Society
The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, known simply as the Royal Society, is a learned society for science, and is possibly the oldest such society in existence. Founded in November 1660, it was granted a Royal Charter by King Charles II as the "Royal Society of London"...
Information Research Fellowship.
In 1980 he was appointed to the chair of computer science at University College Dublin
University College Dublin
University College Dublin ) - formally known as University College Dublin - National University of Ireland, Dublin is the Republic of Ireland's largest, and Ireland's second largest, university, with over 1,300 faculty and 17,000 students...
;
from there he moved in 1986 to Glasgow University.
In 2003 he was inducted as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery
Association for Computing Machinery
The Association for Computing Machinery is a learned society for computing. It was founded in 1947 as the world's first scientific and educational computing society. Its membership is more than 92,000 as of 2009...
. In 2004 he was awarded the Tony Kent Strix award
Tony Kent Strix award
The UKeiG Strix award is an annual award for outstanding contributions to the field of information retrieval and is presented in memory of Dr Tony Kent, a past Fellow of the Institute of Information Scientists , who died in 1997...
. In 2006, he was awarded the Gerard Salton Award
Gerard Salton Award
The Gerard Salton Award is presented by the Association for Computing Machinery SIGIR every three years to an individual who has made "significant, sustained and continuing contributions to research in information retrieval"...
for Quantum haystacks.
Since 2007 he is Chairman of the Scientific Board of the Information Retrieval Facility
Information Retrieval Facility
The Information Retrieval Facility , founded 2006 and located in Vienna, Austria, is a research platform for networking and collaboration for professionals in the field of information retrieval.The IRF has members in the following categories:...
.