- Gregory V. Wilson
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birth_date =1963
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footnotes =: "This article is about a programmer and author. For the British DJ, see
Greg Wilson ; for the American magician, seeGregory Wilson ."Gregory V. Wilson (born
January 25 ,1963 ) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at theUniversity of Toronto . He is a member of the editorial board of "Computing in Science and Engineering" and "Dr. Dobb's Journal " and has written books related to software engineering and children's' books.Biography
Wilson received his Bachelors of Science in Mathematics and Engineering at
Queen's University in 1984. At theUniversity of Edinburgh , he received his Masters of Science in Information Technology in 1986 and hisPh.D. in 1993. He has worked on high-performance scientific computing, data visualization, and computer security. Wilson was the driving force behind the originalSoftware Carpentry project, and later the creator of the open source course of the same name.Books
Software Engineering
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title = Beautiful Code: Leading Programmers Explain How They Think
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publisher = O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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isbn = 978-0596510046
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title = Data Crunching: Solve Everyday Problems Using Java, Python, and More
publisher = Pragmatic Bookshelf
year = 2005
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isbn = 978-0-9745140-7-9
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last = Wilson
first = Gregory V.
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title = Parallel Programming Using C++
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publisher = MIT Press
year = 1996
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isbn = 978-0-262-73118-8
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title = Practical Parallel Programming
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publisher = MIT Press
year = 1995
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isbn = 978-0-262-23186-2Children's Books
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last = Wilson
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title = Three Sensible Adventures
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publisher = Annick Press
year = 1999
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isbn = 978-1550375985External links
* [http://pyre.third-bit.com/blog/ Gregory V. Wilson's blog]
* [http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~gvwilson/ Greg Wilson's homepage at University of Toronto]
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