Tim Merrett, McGill University

Research

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Latest funding

Structures and languages for multimedia databases
NSERC · 2001 · Principal investigator
$84,000
Complex objects and abstract date types in a database programming language
NSERC · 1997 · Principal investigator
$101,430
Computer science research network
NSERC · 1995 · Co-investigator
$129,000

All 8 grants and awards

No publications available.

Structures and languages for multimedia databases

Principal investigatorNSERC2001Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Merrett, Timothy

$84,000

Complex objects and abstract date types in a database programming language

Principal investigatorNSERC1997Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Merrett, Timothy

$101,430

Computer science research network

Co-investigatorNSERC1995Infrastructure Grants (H)

Principal investigators: Devroye, Luc

$129,000

Software technologies for high performance database

Principal investigatorNSERC1995Bilateral Exchange Program (H)

Principal investigators: Merrett, Timothy

$16,200

Objects and versions in a database programming language

Principal investigatorNSERC1993Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Merrett, Timothy

$76,000

A1, computational geometry, architecture, statistics, communication, databases, automata, languages, software engineering

Co-investigatorNSERC1992Infrastructure Grants (H)

Principal investigators: DeMori, Renato

$258,000

Objects and metadata in a database programming language

Principal investigatorNSERC1990Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Merrett, Timothy

$42,442

Computer science research facilities

Co-investigatorNSERC1989Infrastructure Grants (H)

Principal investigators: Newborn, Monroe

$86,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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