Nicholas Negroponte

Nicholas Negroponte
Nicholas Negroponte delivering the Forrestal Lecture to the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD, on April 15, 2009
Born (1943-12-01) December 1, 1943 (age 80)
New York City, New York
Occupation(s)Academic and computer scientist
ChildrenDimitri Negroponte

Nicholas Negroponte (born December 1, 1943) is a Greek American architect. He is the founder and chairman Emeritus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab, and also founded the One Laptop per Child Association (OLPC). Negroponte is the author of the 1995 book Being Digital translated into more than forty languages.[1]

  1. ^ Caves, R. W. (2004). Encyclopedia of the City. Routledge. p. 482. ISBN 9780415252256.