Cleve Moler
{{short description|American mathematician}}
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| name = Cleve Barry Moler
| image = Cleve B Moler in 2017 Argonne Seminars GPU Computing.png
| caption = Cleve Moler, chairman, and cofounder of MathWorks
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| fields = Mathematics, Computer science
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| doctoral_advisor = George Forsythe
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| thesis_title = Finite difference methods for the eigenvalues of Laplace's operator
| thesis_year = 1965
| thesis_url = http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4856237
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| known_for = MATLAB
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- IEEE John von Neumann Medal (2014)
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Cleve Barry Moler (born August 17, 1939) is an American mathematician and computer programmer specializing in numerical analysis. In the mid to late 1970s, he was one of the authors of LINPACK and EISPACK, Fortran libraries for numerical computing. He created MATLAB, a numerical computing package, to give his students at the University of New Mexico easy access to these libraries without writing Fortran. In 1984, he co-founded MathWorks with Jack Little to commercialize this program.{{Cite web|last=Schwan|first=Henry|title=MathWorks in Natick marks its 35th anniversary|url=https://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/20190330/mathworks-in-natick-marks-its-35th-anniversary|access-date=2021-02-09|website=MetroWest Daily News, Framingham, MA|language=en}}
Biography
He received his bachelor's degree from California Institute of Technology in 1961, and a Ph.D. in 1965 from Stanford University, both in mathematics.[http://www.siam.org/about/news-siam.php?id=171 Cleve Moler Elected Next SIAM President] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150117143748/http://www.siam.org/about/news-siam.php?id=171 |date=2015-01-17 }}, News of SIAM, December 16, 2005 He worked for Charles Lawson at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 1961 and 1962.
He was a professor of mathematics and computer science for almost 20 years at the University of Michigan, Stanford University, and the University of New Mexico.[http://albuquerque.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/stories/2009/02/02/story9.html Math whiz stamps profound imprint on computing world] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205212902/http://albuquerque.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/stories/2009/02/02/story9.html |date=2009-02-05 }}, New Mexico Business Weekly, January 30, 2009 Before joining MathWorks full-time in 1989, he also worked for Intel Hypercube, where he coined the term "embarrassingly parallel", and Ardent Computer Corporation. He is also co-author of four textbooks on numerical methods and is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery. He was president of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics 2007–2008.SIAM Presidents http://www.siam.org/about/more/presidents.php {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103185924/http://www.siam.org/about/more/presidents.php |date=2018-01-03 }}
He was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering on February 14, 1997, for conceiving and developing widely used mathematical software. He received an honorary degree from Linköping University, Sweden. He received an honorary degree of Doctor of Mathematics from the University of Waterloo in 2001.{{cite web|url=https://uwaterloo.ca/math/research/research-chairs/doctor-mathematics-honorary-degree-recipients|title=Doctor of Mathematics Honorary Degree Recipients|publisher=University of Waterloo|access-date=2024-05-22}} On April 30, 2004, he was appointed Honorary Doctor ({{lang|la|doctor technices, honoris causa}}) at the Technical University of Denmark. In 2009, he was recognized by Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics as a SIAM Fellow {{Cite web|url=https://www.siam.org/prizes-recognition/fellows-program|title = Fellows Program | SIAM| date=26 March 2025 }} for his outstanding contributions to numerical analysis and software, including the invention of MATLAB. In April 2012, the IEEE Computer Society named Cleve the recipient of the 2012 Computer Pioneer Award.[http://www.computer.org/portal/web/pressroom/MATLAB-Creator-Cleve-Moler-to-Receive-IEEE-Computer-Society-Pioneer-Award MATLAB Creator Cleve Moler Wins Computer Pioneer Award] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826115002/http://www.computer.org/portal/web/pressroom/MATLAB-Creator-Cleve-Moler-to-Receive-IEEE-Computer-Society-Pioneer-Award |date=2014-08-26 }}, IEEE Computer Press Release, April 11, 2012 In February 2014, IEEE named Cleve the recipient of the 2014 IEEE John von Neumann Medal.[http://theinstitute.ieee.org/people/achievements/recipients-of-the-2014-medals-and-awards Recipients of the 2014 Medals and Awards] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224000716/http://theinstitute.ieee.org/people/achievements/recipients-of-the-2014-medals-and-awards |date=2014-02-24 }}, IEEE Computer Press Release, February 14, 2014 In April 2017, he was made Fellow of the Computer History Museum.{{Cite web
| title = 2017 CHM Fellow Cleve Moler: Mozart of the Matrix
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| last = Spicer
| work = Computer History Museum
| date = 2017-04-06
| accessdate = 2017-08-08
| url = http://www.computerhistory.org/atchm/cleve-moler-mozart-of-the-matrix/
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| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170808154901/http://www.computerhistory.org/atchm/cleve-moler-mozart-of-the-matrix/
| archive-date = 2017-08-08
| url-status = live
| title = Cleve Moler - 2017 CHM Fellow
| author = Computer History Museum
| work = YouTube
| date = 2017-08-04
| accessdate = 2017-08-08
| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42INGNd4XLs
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| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180104113528/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42INGNd4XLs
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Publications
- Forsythe, George E., Malcolm, Michael A., Moler, Cleve B., "Computer methods for mathematical computations", Prentice-Hall Series in Automatic Computation, Prentice-Hall., Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1977. {{MathSciNet|id=0458783}} {{isbn|0-13-165332-6}}
- Moler, Cleve B., [http://www.mathworks.com/moler "Numerical Computing with MATLAB"], Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 2004, {{isbn|978-0-89871-560-6}}
References
External links
- [http://www.mathworks.com/company/aboutus/founders/clevemoler.html MathWorks biography of Moler]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071219033910/http://history.siam.org/oralhistories/moler.htm Cleve Moler, Oral history interview by Thomas Haigh, 8 and 9 March, 2004, Santa Barbara, California. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia, PA] Lengthy interview transcript covering Moler's entire career. Full text available online.
- {{Google Scholar id|rldfxOMAAAAJ}}
- {{MathGenealogy |id=7743}}
- {{ResearchGate|Cleve_Moler}}
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Category:Presidents of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics