Martin Dyer


Martin Edward Dyer is a professor in the School of Computing at the University of Leeds, Leeds, England. He graduated from the University of Leeds in 1967, obtained his MSc from Imperial College London in 1968 and his PhD from the University of Leeds in 1979. His research interests lie in theoretical computer science, discrete optimization and combinatorics. Currently, he focuses on the complexity of counting and the efficiency of Markov chain algorithms for approximate counting.

Key contributions

Four key contributions made by Martin Dyer are:
  1. polynomial time algorithm for approximating the volume of convex bodies
  2. linear programming in fixed dimensions
  3. the path coupling method for proving mixing of Markov chains
  4. complexity of counting constraint satisfaction problems

    Awards and honours

In 1991, Professor Dyer received the Fulkerson Prize in Discrete Mathematics awarded by the American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Programming Society.
In 2013, the EATCS Awards Committee consisting of Leslie Ann Goldberg, Vladimiro Sassone and Friedhelm Meyer auf der Heide, has unanimously decided to give the EATCS Award to Professor Martin Dyer.

Personal

Martin Dyer is married to Alison. They have two adult children.