Norman Matloff

Norman Saul Matloff (born December 16, 1948) is an American professor of computer science at the University of California, Davis. He received his Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1975 from the mathematics department at the University of California, Los Angeles under the supervision of Thomas M. Liggett.

In 2002, together with two colleagues, he was awarded the annual Distinguished Public Service Awards at UC Davis.

"Matloff has testified before the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives on immigration issues and has served as an expert witness in age-discrimination lawsuits. He has advised federal and state agencies, including the U.S. departments of Commerce and State and the White House, on employment issues. He has served on a number of panels and committees on computer-industry hiring practices sponsored by industry, academia, government and public interest groups." [1]

Matloff is the author of several books on computer science, statistics and programming, including:

  • The Art of R Programming
  • The Art of Debugging with GDB, DDD and Eclipse
  • Parallel Computing for Data Science: With Examples in R, C++ and Cuda
  • Fast Lane to Python: A Quick, Sensible Route to the Joys of Python Coding
  • Probability and Statistics for Data Science: Math + R + Data
  • Statistical Regression and Classification: From Linear Models to Machine Learning
  • From Linear Models to Machine Learning
  • Statistical Regression and Classification: From Linear Models to Machine Learning
  • Regression and Classification in R: A Careful, Thus Practical View

Matloff is also the author of many articles concerning machine learning, parallel computing and recommender systems. His just under 2000 citations amount to an h-index of 22.[2]

Matloff also writes a blog. He views the increased use of H-1B visas in the high technology field as an unnecessary practice that harms the prospects of Americans in the field, and was featured in local American media on this topic. Gawker published an article on him "UC professor injects racism into H-1B debate" [3]

Bibliography
  • 1988: Probability Modeling and Computer Simulation: An Integrated Introduction With Applications to Engineering and Computer Science (Duxbury Series) (Wadsworth) ISBN 0-534-91854-9
  • 1992: IBM Microcomputer Architecture and Assembly Language: A Look Under The Hood (Prentice Hall) ISBN 0-13-451998-1
  • 2007: The Art of Debugging With Gdb/Ddd: For Professionals and Students (No Starch Press) ISBN 1-59327-002-X
  • 2011: The Art of R Programming (No Starch Press) ISBN 1593273843

References
  1. "Three faculty members honored for public service". UC Davis. 2002-05-10. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  2. "Norman Matloff". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  3. West, Jackson. "UC professor injects racism into H-1B debate". Gawker. Retrieved 2019-10-03.


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