1. Biography¶

1.1 Biographical Sketch¶

Michael Adams received the B.A.Sc. degree in computer engineering from the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada in 1993, the M.A.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada in 1998, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada in 2002. From 1993 to 1995, Michael was a member of technical staff at Bell-Northern Research (which later became Nortel Networks) in Ottawa, ON, Canada, where he developed real-time software for fiber-optic telecommunication systems. Since 2003, Michael has been on the faculty of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada, first as an Assistant Professor and currently as an Associate Professor.

1.2 Affiliations¶

• Registered as Professional Engineer with Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia.

• Member of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 22/WG 21 (i.e., ISO C++ working group) via the Standards Council of Canada.

• Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).