Neil Gershenfeld | |
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.jpg) Gershenfeld in 2010 | |
| Born | Neil Adam Gershenfeld December 1, 1959 Ardmore, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
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| Known for | Director of MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer sciences |
| Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Thesis | Representation of chaos (1990) |
| Doctoral advisor | Watt W. Webb[citation needed] |
| Website | ng |
Neil Adam Gershenfeld (born December 1, 1959) is an American professor at MIT and the director of MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms, a sister lab to the MIT Media Lab. His research studies are predominantly focused in interdisciplinary studies involving physics and computer science, in such fields as quantum computing, nanotechnology, and personal fabrication. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society. Scientific American has named Gershenfeld one of their "Scientific American 50" for 2004 and has also named him Communications Research Leader of the Year.[1] Gershenfeld is also known for releasing the Great Invention Kit in 2008, a construction set that users can manipulate to create various objects.[2]
Gershenfeld has been featured in a variety of newspapers and magazines such as The New York Times[3] and The Economist,[4] and on NPR.[5] He was named as one of the 40 modern-day Leonardos by the Museum of Science and Industry Chicago.[6] Prospect named him as one of the top 100 public intellectuals.[7]
- ^ "The Scientific American 50". Scientific American. December 2004. p. 47.
- ^ Greenberg, Andy (August 21, 2008). "Invention kits let you build (almost) anything". NBC News. Archived from the original on December 2, 2013. Retrieved July 4, 2013.
- ^ Giridharadas, Anand (May 13, 2011). "The Kitchen-Table Industrialists". The New York Times. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
- ^ the printed edition (June 9, 2005). "How to make (almost) anything". The Economist. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
- ^ "The Making of a Personal Lab". NPR. November 11, 2005. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
- ^ "Modern-Day Leonardos". Museum of Science and Industry Chicago. Archived from the original on July 27, 2014. Retrieved April 18, 2014.
- ^ "Intellectuals—the results". Prospect. July 26, 2008. Retrieved July 21, 2014.