Introduction
James Ian Munro (born July 10, 1947) is a Canadian computer scientist. He is known for his fundamental contributions to algorithms and data structures (including optimal binary search trees, priority queues, hashing, and space-efficient data structures).
After earning a bachelor's degree in 1968 from the University of New Brunswick and a master's in 1969 from the University of British Columbia, Munro finished his doctorate in 1971 from the University of Toronto, under the supervision of Allan Borodin. In Munro & Suwanda (1980), he formalized the notion of an implicit data structure, and has continued work in this area. He is currently a University Professor in the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo.
Awards and honors
Munro was elected as a member of the Royal Society of Canada in 2003. He became an ACM Fellow in 2008 for his contributions to algorithms and data structures.
In 2013 a conference was held at Waterloo in his honor, and a festschrift was published as its proceedings.
Partial Bibliography
- Munro, J.Ian; Suwanda, Hendra (October 1980). "Implicit data structures for fast search and update". Journal of Computer and System Sciences. 21 (2): 236–250. doi:10.1016/0022-0000(80)90037-9.