S. Barry Cooper

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S. Barry Cooper
Sofia University, 2011)
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Leeds
Thesis Degrees of Unsolvability  (1970)
Doctoral advisorReuben Goodstein, C.E.M. Yates
1st President of Association CiE
In office
2008–2015
Succeeded byDag Normann

S. Barry Cooper (9 October 1943 – 26 October 2015) was an English mathematician and

Pure Mathematics at the University of Leeds
.

Early life and education

Cooper grew up in

Chichester High School for Boys, during which time he played scrum-half for the under-15s England rugby team.[1]

Cooper graduated from Jesus College, Oxford in 1966 and in 1970 received his PhD from the University of Leicester under the supervision of Reuben Goodstein and C.E.M. Yates, with a thesis entitled Degrees of Unsolvability.

Academic career

Cooper was appointed

University of Sofia
"St. Kliment Ohridski".

His book Computability Theory made the technical research area accessible to a new generation of students. He was a leading mover of the return to basic questions of the kind considered by Alan Turing, and of interdisciplinary developments related to computability. He was President of the Association Computability in Europe, and Chair of the Turing Centenary Advisory Committee (TCAC), which co-ordinated the Alan Turing Year. The book Alan Turing: His Work and Impact, edited by Cooper and Jan van Leeuwen, won the Association of American Publishers' R. R. Hawkins Award.

Cooper was a member of the

The Rutherford Journal.[2]

Interests

Cooper was a keen long-distance runner, and was also interested in jazz and improvised music, founding Leeds Jazz and being involved in the Termite Club.

In the 1970s, he was also a leading figure in the Chile Solidarity Campaign, welcoming Chilean refugees to Leeds.

Death

Cooper died on 26 October 2015 after a short illness.[3]

Selected publications

References

  1. ^ Obituary by Peter Lazenby in the Morning Star
  2. The Rutherford Journal
    . Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  3. ^ University of Leeds, obituary

External links

Academic offices
Preceded by
New position
President of the Association CiE
2008-2015
Succeeded by