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Steve Tanimoto is a Professor at the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington, with an adjunct appointment in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering. His current research interests include novice programming environments, collaborative problem-solving environments, technology educational assessment, and the use of pattern-recognition methods in the teaching of written language. Tanimoto delivered a keynote talk at the International Conference on Live Coding in Leeds, UK, in 2015, discussing the historical influences that led to the widespread use of liveness in modern software environments. He demonstrated an application of liveness in collaborative problem solving with the presentation 'Solving Problems by Drawing Solution Paths,' which won the VL/HCC Showpiece Award in 2015. His teaching interests encompass image processing, visual languages, artificial intelligence, and data structures and algorithms, with a focus on innovative methods for teaching and learning in image processing. He authored the book 'Interdisciplinary Introduction to Image Processing: Pixels, Numbers, Programs' which was published by MIT Press in 2012 and considers image processing from a computing perspective, emphasizing its creative and mathematical aspects.
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