From 1970 to 1984, Lesk worked at Bell Labs in the group that built Unix. Lesk wrote Unix tools for word processing (tbl, refer, and the standard ms macro package, all for troff), for compiling (Lex), and for networking (uucp). He also wrote the Portable I/O Library (the predecessor to stdio.h in C) and contributed significantly to the development of the C language preprocessor.[4]
In 1984, he left to work for Bellcore, where he managed the computer science research group.[2] There, Lesk worked on specific information systems applications, mostly with geography (a system for driving directions) and dictionaries (a system for disambiguating words in context). In the 1990s, Lesk worked on a large chemical information system, the CORE project, with Cornell, Online Computer Library Center, American Chemical Society, and Chemical Abstracts Service. From 1998 to 2002, Lesk headed the National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems, where he oversaw Phase 2 of the NSF's Digital Library Initiative. He was a professor on the faculty of the Library and Information Science Department, School of Communication & Information, Rutgers University, from 2003 to 2023.[3][5][6]
Lesk received the Flame award for lifetime achievement from Usenix in 1994, is a Fellow of the ACM in 1996,[1] and in 2005 was elected to the National Academy of Engineering.[7] He has authored a number of books.[8]
mike, lesk, michael, lesk, born, 1945, american, computer, scientist, michael, leskbornunited, statesnationalityamericanalma, materharvard, universityknown, forlesk, algorithm, smartawardsacm, fellow, 1996, member, 2005, scientific, careerfieldsir, programming. Michael E Lesk born 1945 is an American computer scientist Michael E LeskBornUnited StatesNationalityAmericanAlma materHarvard UniversityKnown forLesk algorithm Lex SMARTAwardsACM Fellow 1996 1 NAE Member 2005 Scientific careerFieldsIR NLP Programming languagesInstitutionsBellcore Rutgers University Contents 1 Biography 2 See also 3 Bibliography 4 References 5 External linksBiography editIn the 1960s Michael Lesk worked for the SMART Information Retrieval System project wrote much of its retrieval code and did many of the retrieval experiments as well as obtaining a BA degree in Physics and Chemistry from Harvard College in 1964 and a PhD from Harvard University in Chemical Physics in 1969 2 3 From 1970 to 1984 Lesk worked at Bell Labs in the group that built Unix Lesk wrote Unix tools for word processing tbl refer and the standard ms macro package all for troff for compiling Lex and for networking uucp He also wrote the Portable I O Library the predecessor to stdio h in C and contributed significantly to the development of the C language preprocessor 4 In 1984 he left to work for Bellcore where he managed the computer science research group 2 There Lesk worked on specific information systems applications mostly with geography a system for driving directions and dictionaries a system for disambiguating words in context In the 1990s Lesk worked on a large chemical information system the CORE project with Cornell Online Computer Library Center American Chemical Society and Chemical Abstracts Service From 1998 to 2002 Lesk headed the National Science Foundation s Division of Information and Intelligent Systems where he oversaw Phase 2 of the NSF s Digital Library Initiative He was a professor on the faculty of the Library and Information Science Department School of Communication amp Information Rutgers University from 2003 to 2023 3 5 6 Lesk received the Flame award for lifetime achievement from Usenix in 1994 is a Fellow of the ACM in 1996 1 and in 2005 was elected to the National Academy of Engineering 7 He has authored a number of books 8 See also editLesk algorithmBibliography editSelected books by Michael Lesk 8 Practical Digital Libraries Books Bytes and Bucks 1997 ISBN 978 1 55860 459 9 Understanding Digital Libraries 2nd ed December 2004 ISBN 978 1 55860 924 2 References edit a b Michael E Lesk ACM Fellows ACM 1996 Retrieved 9 December 2017 a b Michael Lesk s Grade Crossing on the Information Superhighway lesk com Retrieved 9 December 2017 a b Michael E Lesk PDF Rutgers University 8 June 2008 Archived from the original PDF on 2017 12 10 Retrieved 9 December 2017 Dennis M Ritchie 1993 The Development of the C Language Association for Computing Machinery Archived from the original on 1998 02 20 Retrieved 2011 03 08 Michael Lesk Rutgers University Retrieved 9 December 2017 Michael Lesk Who Helped Build the Computer Operating System Unix Transitions to Professor Emeritus iSchools Retrieved 9 November 2023 Michael Lesk Rutgers University nationalacademies org National Academy of Engineering Retrieved 9 December 2017 a b Books Michael E Lesk Amazon co uk Retrieved 9 December 2017 External links editMichael Lesk personal website Mike Lesk at DBLP Bibliography Server nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mike Lesk amp oldid 1184390032, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
