Robert William Doran HFNZCS (5 November 1944 – 13 October 2018) was a New Zealand-based computer scientist and historian of computing. He was Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Doran's research interests included computer architecture, parallel algorithms, and computer programming. He was also interested in the history of computing. In 2017, he contributed to The Turing Guide. Robert Doran was made an Honorary Fellow of the New Zealand Computer Society, now the Institute of IT Professionals. Bob Doran died on 13 October 2018 at home in Auckland.