title: Mike Fraser (computer scientist)
text: # Mike Fraser (computer scientist)
  
  Mike Fraser FRSA (born 1975) is a British computer scientist. He is Head of Computer Science at the University of Bristol.
  
  ## Life and career
  
  Fraser was a student at University of Nottingham from 1993 until 1996 where he acquired his bachelor's degree in Computer Science. He also attained a PhD in Computer Science from the same institution during 1997 and 2000.
  
  After graduating, he worked as a lecturer at the University of Nottingham from 2001 to 2004, before he moved to Bristol and became a senior lecturer at the University of Bristol from 2004.
  
  In 2012, Fraser became a Professor of Human-computer interaction.
  
  In 2019, he was made Head of Computer Science at the University of Bath , before returning to the University of Bristol in 2022.
  
  Fraser's research is often based around his specialisation in Human-computer interaction.
  
  His first PC was an Amstrad CPC 464.
  
  ## Awards and recognition
  
  Fraser sits on the steering committee of the TEI conference series, was awarded a ‘best paper’ award at ACM CHI 2005, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
  
  