Autor/-in: Brian A. Schaefer

The author was educated in Victoria, B. C. , Canada and Oxford, England, obtained a B. Sc. , and M. Sc. , degree from the University of Victoria and a Doctor of Philosophy (D. Phil. ) degree from Oxford University in England (Wolfson College). After these studies were completed he chose to return to Canada. After two years as a research fellow in Ottawa he returned to Victoria where he currently lives with his wife and his two children. A fondness for England continues and he returns to England on a regular basis. He has published and lectured on a broad array of topics including psychometrics, pattern recognition, visual perception, knowledge acquisition, artificial intelligence, laboratory medicine and cancer research. The author serves on the Board of Directors of companies in Canada and England.