Dr Eric L. Friedland z’l

The L Parsing Algorithm Eric

This report describes a new algorithm for table-driven parsing with arbitrary context-free grammars. The algorithm provides a framework in which a variety of parser control strategies can be freely specified: bottom-up strategies, top-down strategies, and strategies that strike a balance between the two. The algorithm thus combines the flexibility of chart parsing with the low overhead of table...

Dr. O. L. Lloyd

Society research appointment at the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford after working in the E.M.S. during the War. When he came to Bristol he had already a high reputation as a pathologist, specialising in morbid anatomy. His appointment to the Department of Pathology came at an important time in its postwar development, especially in relation to the teaching hospitals of the Bristol Royal Infirmary...

Dr. L. Everard Napier

Dr. G. L. Foss

Dr. George Lush Foss who died on 11th February 1985 at the age of 76 years was not only a highly respected General Practitioner in Bristol but also a pioneer in the early days of Endocrinology and the problems of sub-fertility. Educated at Marlborough and Jesus College, Cambridge he did his clinical training in Bristol where his father was a general practitioner in St. George. On the very day t...

Interview of Shmuel Friedland for the ILAS

A: When I went to Stanford as a postdoc, I realized that linear algebra and matrix theory were not what most people were interested in (laughter). Indeed, soon after I arrived at Stanford, Paul Cohen asked me what was the most important theorem in my field and I mentioned Perron–Frobenius Theorem. A few days later he told me that he proved it using a hint in Dunford–Schwartz [7]. So I looked ar...