diff --git a/thesis.tex b/thesis.tex index 2358961..760874b 100644 --- a/thesis.tex +++ b/thesis.tex @@ -251,6 +251,42 @@ encouragement throughout my studies. He has been enthusiastic supervisor, and he has always been generous with his time. I am fortunate to have been supervised by him. + % + Secondly, I want to extend my gratitude to John Longley, who has + been an admirable second supervisor and who has stimulated my + mathematical curiosity. + % + Thirdly, I want to thank my academic brother Simon Fowler. You have + always been a good friend and a pillar of inspiration. Regardless of + academic triumphs and failures, we have always been able to laugh at + it all and have our own fun. + + I also want to thank KC Sivaramakrishnan for taking a genuine + interest in my research early on and for inviting me to come spend + some time at OCaml Labs in Cambridge, where I met Anil Madhavapeddy, + Stephen Dolan, and Leo White. I have learned so much from each of + them and I have been fortunate to enjoy productive and long-standing + collaboration with them. Also, thanks to Gemma Gordon, who I had the + pleasure of sharing an office with during one of my stints at OCaml + Labs. + + I am very grateful for the fruitful and long-standing collaboration + with Robert Atkey that I have been fortunate to enjoy. Robert has + been a continuous source of inspiration. + % + Thanks to James McKinna for always asking intellectually + interesting, and at times challenging, questions. I have appreciate + our many conversations even though I spent days, weeks, sometimes + months, and in extreme cases years to think about answers to your + questions. Also thanks to Brian Campbell and J. Garrett Morris for + putting up with all the supervision meetings that I had with Sam in + their shared office 5.28. + + Speaking of offices, I also want to thank my peers from my own + office 5.21 for stimulating my general interest in computer science + and mathematics beyond programming languages. Also, thanks to my CDT + cohort, I want to particularly emphasise my gratitude to Amna + Shahab, who has been a truly valuable friend. Throughout my studies I have received funding from the \href{https://www.ed.ac.uk/informatics}{School of Informatics} at @@ -262,29 +298,11 @@ List of people to thank \begin{itemize} - \item Sam Lindley - \item John Longley - \item Christophe Dubach - \item KC Sivaramakrishnan - \item Stephen Dolan - \item Anil Madhavapeddy - \item Gemma Gordon - \item Leo White \item Andreas Rossberg - \item Robert Atkey \item Jeremy Yallop - \item Simon Fowler - \item Craig McLaughlin - \item Garrett Morris - \item James McKinna - \item Brian Campbell \item Paul Piho - \item Amna Shahab \item Gordon Plotkin \item Ohad Kammar - \item School of Informatics (funding) - \item Google (Kevin Millikin, Dmitry Stefantsov) - \item Microsoft Research (Daan Leijen) \end{itemize} \end{acknowledgements}