Ronald Baecker

Ronald Baecker
BornOctober 7, 1942
Kenosha, Wisconsin
CitizenshipU.S., Canada
Alma materMIT
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
InstitutionsUniversity of Toronto and Columbia University

Ronald Baecker (born October 7, 1942) is an Emeritus Professor of Computer Science and Bell Chair in Human-Computer Interaction at the University of Toronto (UofT),[1] and Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University.[2] He was the co-founder of the Dynamic Graphics Project (DGP),[3] and the founder of the Knowledge Media Design Institute (KMDI)[4] and the Technologies for Aging Gracefully Lab (TAGlab) at UofT.[5][6] He was the founder of Canada's research network on collaboration technologies (NECTAR),[7] a founding researcher of AGE-WELL,[8] Canada's Technology and Agine research network, the founder of Springer Nature's Synthesis Lectures on Technology and Health,[9] and the founder of computers-society.org.[10] He also started five software companies between 1976 and 2015.[11] He is currently an ACM Distinguished Speaker.[11]

He is the author of Digital Dreams Have Become Nightmares: What We Must Do (ACM, 2024),[12] author of Ethical Tech Startup Guide (Springer Nature, 2023),[13] co-author of The COVID-19 Solutions Guide (2020),[14] and author of Computers and Society: Modern Perspectives (Oxford University Press, 2019).[15] His other books are Readings in Human Computer Interaction: Toward the Year 2000 (Morgan Kaufmann, 1995),[16] Readings in Groupware and Computer Supported Cooperative Work: Software to Facilitate Human-Human Collaboration (Elsevier, 1993),[17] Human Factors and Typography for More Readable Programs (Addison-Wesley, 1990)[18] and Readings in Human Computer Interaction: A Multidisciplinary Approach (Elsevier, 1987).[19]

  1. ^ "Faculty Directory". Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  2. ^ "Courses, Department of Computer Science, Columbia University". www.cs.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  3. ^ "About". Dynamic Graphics Project. 2013-08-28. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
  4. ^ "About – KMDI". KMDI. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
  5. ^ Ledger, Brent (8 December 2011). "Technologies for Aging Gracefully". University of Toronto Magazine. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
  6. ^ "TAGlab | Technologies for Aging Gracefully". Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  7. ^ "NECTAR to quench thirst for collaborative solutions | IT Business". www.itbusiness.ca. 2004-10-12. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
  8. ^ "Dr. Ronald Baecker". AGE-WELL: Canada's Technology and Aging Network.
  9. ^ "Synthesis Lectures on Technology and Health". Springer. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
  10. ^ "Computers and Society". Computers and Society. 2021-05-04. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
  11. ^ a b "Ronald Michael Baecker". speakers.acm.org. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
  12. ^ "Digital Dreams Have Become Nightmares: What We Must Do (2024)". ACM Books. 2024-02-15. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
  13. ^ Baecker, Ron (2023). Ethical Tech Startup Guide. Synthesis Lectures on Professionalism and Career Advancement for Scientists and Engineers. Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-18780-3. ISBN 978-3-031-18779-7. S2CID 258177860.
  14. ^ "The COVID-19 Solutions Guide (second edition)". Ronald Baecker. 2022-05-02. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
  15. ^ Baecker, Ronald M. (2019). "Computers and Society: Modern Perspectives". Oxford Academic. doi:10.1093/oso/9780198827085.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-882708-5. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
  16. ^ "Readings in Human-Computer Interaction Toward the Year 2000". Elsevier.
  17. ^ "Readings in Groupware and Computer-Supported Cooperative Work: Assisting Human-Human Collaboration". Elsevier.
  18. ^ Baecker, Ronald M. (1990). Human factors and typography for more readable programs. Addison-Wesley. ISBN 9780201107456.
  19. ^ Baecker, Ronald M.; Buxton, W. (1987-01-01). "Readings in human-computer interaction: A multidisciplinary approach". Morgan Kaufmann Publishers. OSTI 5039704.