Mark Allen Weiss，1987年在普林斯頓大學獲得計算機科學博士學位，師從Robert Sedgewick (師從Knuth)，現任美國佛羅裏達國際大學計算與信息科學學院教授。他曾經擔任全美AP(Advanced Placement)考試計算機學科委員會的主席(2000-2004)。他的主要研究方嚮是數據結構、算法和教育學。

Mark Allen Weiss' successful book provides a modern approach to algorithms and data structures using the C programming language. The book's conceptual presentation focuses on ADTs and the analysis of algorithms for efficiency, with a particular concentration on performance and running time. The second edition contains a new chapter that examines advanced data structures such as red black trees, top down splay trees, treaps, k-d trees, and pairing heaps among others. All code examples now conform to ANSI C and coverage of the formal proofs underpinning several key data structures has been strengthened.