Taylor Booth

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Taylor L. Booth was a mathematician specialized in automata theory.

One of his fundamental works is Sequential Machines and Automata Theory (1967). It is a wide-ranging book meant for specialists, written for both theoretical computer scientists as well as electrical engineers. It deals with state minimization techniques, Finite state machines, Turing machines, Markov processes, and undecidability.

Taylor L. Booth is also the founder of the Booth Engineering Center for Advanced Technology (BECAT) [1], a research center located in the University of Connecticut. The center was established in 1981 in response to the growing need for a centralized computing research and development facility in the university.

[edit] Taylor L. Booth award

The Taylor L. Booth Education Award is one of the awards given by the IEEE Computer Society [2]. It is awarded for an outstanding record in computer science and engineering education.

[edit] See also

• Finite state machine
• Turing machine
• Markov process
• Automata theory

[edit] External links

• Taylor Booth (1967) Sequential Machines and Automata Theory, John Wiley and Sons, New York. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 67-25924.
• partial list of works