Person
Dallwitz, Michael John (Mike) (1943 - )
- Born
- 20 May 1943
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Computer scientist and Physicist
Summary
Michael Dallwitz joined the CSIRO Division of Entomology in 1970 where he supervised the Divisional computing unit from 1974 to 1992, and consulted with staff in the development of general-purpose software. His major achievement was the DELTA software, a flexible data format, capable of representing most types of information used by taxonomists for description, identification, and classification of living organisms. DELTA was used worldwide from 1985 in taxonomic research and for teaching. Dallwitz presented numerous workshops on the use of DELTA. He left CSIRO in 2000 when DELTA was closed.
Details
In 1996 Dallwitz was awarded the CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement for his development of the DELTA taxonomic computer programs.
Chronology
- 1965
- Education - Bachelor of Science (Hon 2A) in Physics, Australian National University
- 1969
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Solid State Physics, Australian National University
- 1969 - 1970
- Career position - Temporary Lecturer, Department of Physics, Australian National University
- 1970 - 2000
- Career position - Research Scientist (later Senior Principal Research Scientist), CSIRO Division of Entomology
- 1992 - 2000
- Career position - Member, Data Subcommittee, International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses
- 1992 - 2000
- Career position - Visiting Fellow in the Molecular Evolution and Systematics Group, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University
- 1993 - 1994
- Career position - Member, Information Systems Committee, International Organization for Plant Information
- 1996
- Award - CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- Dallwitz, M. J., User's guide to the DELTA system : a general system for coding taxonomic descriptions (Canberra: CSIRO, 1980), 71p pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Dallwitz, M. J., 'A general system for coding taxonomic descriptions', Taxon, 29 (1) (1980), 41-6. https://doi.org/10.2307/1219595. Details
Resources
- 'Dallwitz, M J (19430520-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617573. Details
Resource Sections
- Ward, C., 'Michael John (Mike) Dallwitz', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2011, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/Dallwitz-Michael-John. Details
- Ward, Colin, 'DELTA taxonomic computer programs', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2011. https://csiropedia.csiro.au/delta-taxonomic-computer-programs/. Details
See also
- Ward, Colin, 'CSIRO Entrepreneurship Award', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2013, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/csiro-entrepreneurship-award/. Details
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Created: 23 February 2012, Last modified: 2 April 2024