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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 focus on novice programming environments, collaborative problem-solving environments, technology educational assessment, and the use of pattern-recognition methods in teaching written language. He 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. His application of 'liveness' in collaborative problem solving was recognized with the VL/HCC Showpiece Award in 2015. Tanimoto's teaching interests include image processing, visual languages, artificial intelligence, and data structures and algorithms. He emphasizes the increasing importance of image processing in education and has authored the book "Interdisciplinary Introduction to Image Processing: Pixels, Numbers, Programs" published by MIT Press in 2012, which explores the subject from a computing and mathematical perspective.
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