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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker; Ken McInnes updated 2026-01-15 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002354b.htm person Fraser Alex Stewart FAA AACR2 24 December 1923 14 July 2002 Place of Birth Edmonton, Middlesex, England Place of Death Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States of America Geneticist Alex Fraser, working with the SILLIAC computer at CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) when he was at the Animal Genetics Laboratory at the University of Sydney, made his seminal contributions to evolutionary computation. He was one of the first to conceive and execute computer simulations of genetic systems, and his efforts in the 1950s and 1960s had a profound impact on computational models of evolutionary systems. The simulation algorithms he used were important not only in the simulation of genetical problems, but provided a menu of techniques that enriched the entire simulation effort in any problem that involved probability sampling among a population of alternatives, the heart of Monte Carlo methods. These algorithms were shared through papers published in the Australian Journal of Biological Science from 1957 to the early 1960s, and in international journals. He moved from CSIRO in Sydney to Head of Genetics and Animal Husbandry, and the University of California at Davis, and then to the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, where he remained. He was once a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA). 1945 1945 Education - Master of Science (MSc), Canterbury University College, New Zealand 1945 1946 Career position - Honorary member, Wheat Research Institute, Lincoln, New Zealand 1947 1948 Career position - Research Assistant to Dr F.W. Dry, Massey Agricultural College, Palmerston North, New Zealand 1949 1951 Award - Senior Research Grant from Agricultural Research Council, UK 1951 1951 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Edinburgh, Scotland c. 1952 c. 1952 Life event - Moved to Australia c. 1952 c. 1963 Career position - Research Officer, later Principal Officer, Animal Genetics Laboratory, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), University of Sydney 1963 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) c. 1963 c. 1963 Life event - Moved to California, USA c. 1963 c. 1968 Career position - Head of Genetics and Animal Husbandry, University of California, Davis, USA 1968 1972 Career position - Head, Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA 1968 1989 Career position - Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA 1999 1999 Award - IEEE Neural Networks Council Pioneer Award in Evolutionary Computation Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

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 Fraser, Alex Stewart (1923-)

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 'Fraser, Alex Stewart', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Fraser, Alex Stewart Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Simulation of genetic systems by automatic digital computers. II. Effects of Linkage on Rates of Advance Under Selection Fraser, A. S. Simulation of genetic systems by automatic digital computers. II. Effects of Linkage on Rates of Advance Under Selection 1957 Australian Journal of Biological Sciences 10 4 492-500 Journal Article: Simulation of genetic systems by automatic digital computers. I. Introduction Fraser, A. S. Simulation of genetic systems by automatic digital computers. I. Introduction 1957 Australian Journal of Biological Science 10 4 484-491 Journal Article: In memoriam Alex S. Fraser (1923-2002) Fogel, David B. In memoriam Alex S. Fraser (1923-2002) 2002 IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation 6 5 429-430