Tim Bell (computer scientist)

Tim Bell
Bell in 2024
Born
Timothy Clinton Bell
EducationNelson College
Alma materUniversity of Canterbury
AwardsOutstanding Contribution to Computer Science Education (2018)
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science education, computer music and text compression
ThesisA unifying theory and improvements for existing approaches to text compression (1986)
Doctoral advisorJohn Penny
Websitewww.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/tim.bell

Timothy Clinton Bell CNZM is a New Zealand computer scientist, with interests in computer science education, computer music and text compression. In 2017, it was announced by SIGCSE that Bell would receive the 2018 award for 'Outstanding Contribution to Computer Science Education'.[1][2]

  1. ^ "SIGCSE 2018 Award Winners". Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  2. ^ "UC academic Tim Bell to receive international award for Computer Science Education". University of Canterbury (News). Retrieved 10 November 2017.