Randy Pausch
American professor of computer science, human-computer interface and design (1960-2008) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Randolph Frederick Pausch[2] (/paʊʃ/) (October 23, 1960 – July 25, 2008) was an American educator, a professor of computer science, human–computer interaction, and design at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Randy Pausch | |
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Born | Randolph Frederick Pausch (1960-10-23)October 23, 1960 |
Died | July 25, 2008(2008-07-25) (aged 47) Chesapeake, Virginia, U.S. |
Cause of death | Pancreatic cancer |
Alma mater | Brown University B.S.'82, Carnegie Mellon University PhD.'88 |
Known for | Creator of Alice software project Cofounder of CMU's Entertainment Technology Center Virtual Reality Research with Disney Imagineers Inspirational speeches regarding life #1 best-selling book Battle with cancer |
Spouse | Jai Glasgow |
Children | 3 |
Awards | Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education Award for Outstanding Contributions to Computer Science Education Fellow of the ACM Time's Time 100[1] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Computer science Human–computer interaction |
Institutions | Carnegie Mellon University University of Virginia |
Doctoral advisor | Alfred Spector |
Pausch learned he had pancreatic cancer in September 2006. In August 2007, he was given a terminal diagnosis: "three to six months of good health left". He gave an upbeat lecture titled, "The Last Lecture: Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams" on September 18, 2007 at Carnegie Mellon, which became a popular YouTube video and led to other media appearances. He co-authored a book of the same name, The Last Lecture, which became a New York Times best-seller.
Pausch died of complications from pancreatic cancer on July 25, 2008, aged 47.[3]