Participación del Prof. Walter Bender en el CLEI
Se espera la participación del Prof. Walter Bender, del MIT, en el CLEI. Para más información sobre él, puede visitar su página Web.
Breve CV de Walter Bender
Walter Bender is a senior research scientist and director of the Electronic Publishing group; he also directed the Gray Matters special interest group, which focused on technology's impact on the aging population. In 1992, Bender founded the News in the Future consortium and has been a member of the Lab's SIMPLICITY, Things That Think, and Digital Life consortia. Bender joined the Architecture Machine Group at MIT in 1978, after receiving his BA from Harvard University in 1977. He received his MS at MIT in 1980. A founding member of the Media Laboratory, throughout his career Bender has engaged in the study of new information technologies, particularly those that affect people directly. Much of the research addresses the idea of building upon the interactive styles associated with existing media and extending them into domains where a computer is incorporated into the interaction. He has participated in much of the pioneering research in the field of electronic publishing and personalized interactive multimedia. Before taking his leave of absence from MIT, Bender was executive director of the MIT Media Laboratory, and holder of the Alexander W. Dreyfoos Chair. While on leave, Bender served as president for software and content development of One Laptop per Child, the not-for-profit association that is developing and deploying technologies that will revolutionize how the world's children engage in learning. He currently heads Sugar Labs, and continues work on the award-winning Sugar Learning Platform. They recently announced "Sugar on a Stick,” which gives children access to Sugar on any computer by using a USB key.
