# Gordon Cormack

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{{Short description|Canadian computer scientist}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name              = Gordon Cormack
| image             = Professor Emeritus Gordon Cormack.jpg
| caption           = Professor Emeritus Gordon Cormack
| workplaces        = Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo
| known_for         = Programming languages, big data structures, information retrieval
}}

'''Gordon Villy Cormack''' is a professor emeritus in the [David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science](/source/David_R._Cheriton_School_of_Computer_Science) at the [University of Waterloo](/source/University_of_Waterloo) and co-inventor of [Dynamic Markov Compression](/source/Dynamic_Markov_Compression).

Cormack's research with [Maura R. Grossman](/source/Maura_R._Grossman)<ref>Richmond Journal of Law & Technology [http://jolt.richmond.edu/v17i3/article11.pdf Technology-assisted review in e-discovery can be more effective and more efficient than manual review] Retrieved August 14, 2016</ref> has been cited in [cases of first impression](/source/case_of_first_impression) in [United States](/source/United_States),<ref>S.D.N.Y. (2012). [https://thesedonaconference.org/system/files/Moore%20v%20Publicis%20Feb%2024%202012.pdf Moore v. Publicis] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130310031643/https://thesedonaconference.org/system/files/Moore%20v%20Publicis%20Feb%2024%202012.pdf |date=2013-03-10 }} Retrieved August 13, 2016.</ref> [Ireland](/source/Ireland),<ref>High Court, Ireland (2015). [http://cormack.uwaterloo.ca/quinn.pdf Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Limited v. Sean Quinn] Retrieved August 13, 2016</ref> and (by reference) [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom)<ref>High Court of Justice Chancery Division, U.K. (2016). [http://cormack.uwaterloo.ca/Pyrrho-Investments-v-MWB-Property-2016-EWHC-256-Ch-HC-2014-000038-Feb-16-2016.pdf Pyrrho Investments Ltd v. MWB Property Ltd] Retrieved August 13, 2016</ref> approving the use of [technology-assisted review](/source/electronic_discovery) in civil litigation.

Since 2001, he has been a program committee member of [The Text Retrieval Conference (TREC)](/source/Text_Retrieval_Conference). He was a coordinator of the TREC Total Recall Track (2015 - 2016),<ref>{{cite web | url=https://trec-total-recall.org/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814070727/https://trec-total-recall.org/ | archive-date=2020-08-14 | url-status=usurped | title=Website Designing Company &#124; Computer Programming &#124; Custom html5 – Learn how to get your business website designed right }}</ref> as well as the TREC Legal Track (2010 - 2011),<ref>{{cite web | url=http://trec.nist.gov/data/legal.html | title=Text REtrieval Conference (TREC) Legal Track }}</ref> and the TREC Spam Track (2005 - 2007).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://trec.nist.gov/data/spam.html | title=Text REtrieval Conference (TREC) Spam Track }}</ref> Cormack is past president of the Conference on Email and Anti-Spam.

From 1997 through 2010, Cormack coached Waterloo's [ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest](/source/ACM_International_Collegiate_Programming_Contest) team, qualifying for the World Finals every year, winning the World Championship in 1999, and the North American Championship in 1998 and 2000.<ref>ACM ICPC. [https://icpc.baylor.edu/community/history History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601232557/https://icpc.baylor.edu/community/history |date=2016-06-01 }} Retrieved August 19, 2016</ref>

Cormack was a member of the [International Olympiad in Informatics](/source/International_Olympiad_in_Informatics) Scientific Committee from 2004 - 2011<ref>International Olympiad in Informatics. [http://www.ioinformatics.org/a_d_m/isc/iscformer.shtml Former Members of ISC] Retrieved August 19, 2016</ref> and was the scientific director of IOI 2010 in [Waterloo, Ontario](/source/Waterloo%2C_Ontario).

Cormack received his B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. in computer science from [University of Manitoba](/source/University_of_Manitoba) in 1977, 1978, and 1981, and was a faculty member in the [McGill University School of Computer Science](/source/McGill_University_School_of_Computer_Science) (1981 - 1983) before joining [University of Waterloo](/source/University_of_Waterloo) in 1983.{{cn|date=January 2024}}

==See also==
* [List of University of Waterloo people](/source/List_of_University_of_Waterloo_people)

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120210131618/http://cormack.uwaterloo.ca/cormack/ Cormack's homepage]

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