What is Mark Adler's full name?
Mark Adler
Mark Adler nickname(s):
Mark Adler
Mark Adler date of birth:
April 3, 1959
How old is Mark Adler?
67
Where was Mark Adler born?
Miami, Florida USA
What is Mark Adler nationality?
American
What is Mark Adler's occupation?
Deputy Mission Manager, MER
Short Biography
Mark Adler (born April 3, 1959) is an American software engineer, and has been heavily involved in space exploration. He is best known for his work in the field of data compression as the author of the Adler-32 checksum function, and a co-author of the zlib compression library and gzip. He has contributed to Info-ZIP, and has participated in developing the Portable Network Graphics (PNG) image format. Adler was also the Spirit Cruise Mission Manager for the Mars Exploration Rover mission