Dr. Richard Anderson

Biography

Richard Anderson is a Professor Emeritus at the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington. He graduated with a B.A. in Mathematics from Reed College in 1981 and earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford University in 1985. Anderson joined the University of Washington in 1986 after spending a year as a postdoctoral researcher at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute in Berkeley, CA. In 1987, he received the NSF Presidential Young Investigator award. He spent the 1993-1994 academic year as a visiting professor at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, India, and the 2001-2002 academic year as a visiting researcher at Microsoft Research in the Learning Sciences Technology group. Anderson is known for leading the development of Classroom Presenter, a tool for delivering presentations on the Tablet PC. He also founded the department's Professional Master’s Program and has been involved in various educational technology initiatives, including the Community Led Video Education model and the Digital StudyHall project. His main research interests lie in Computing Development, particularly in educational technology and digital financial services, with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He has worked on diverse areas, including global health and financial technologies, as well as formal verification and algorithmic implementations in computing.

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