Norman Matloff

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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]

Matloff previously served as the Editor in Chief of the R Journal.^[4]

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[]

• Frauenheim, Ed (19 October 2000). "The scourge of Silicon Valley". Salon.com. Retrieved 2006-11-27.
• NEXT@CNN, Matloff interviewed on subject of H1-B and immigration of technology workers 28 September 2003
• Norman Matloff: "Debunking the Myth of a Desperate Software Labor Shortage", 1998-2002
• "UC professor injects racism into H-1B debate", 2008

External links[]

• UC Davis: Faculty profile
• Norman Matloff's H-1B and Offshoring Web Page
• Norman Matloff's Computer Science Web Page
• Norman Matloff's Immigration Forum
• Upon Closer Inspection (Matloff blog)
• [1] (Gawker)

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