Gaetano Borriello

Gaetano Borriello (1958–2015) was an American computer scientist and researcher in ubiquitous computing. He is known for starting the Open Data Kit project and as the founding director of Intel Research Seattle.^[1] The Place Lab project he led at Intel Research using Wi-Fi to enhance location sensing is now the dominant approach in use by Apple, Google, Microsoft, and others.^[2]

Gaetano Borriello
Born	Naples, Italy
Died	February 1, 2015(2015-02-01) (aged 56–57) Seattle, Washington
Alma mater	Polytechnic Institute of New York Stanford University UC Berkeley
Known for	Open Data Kit Founding Director of Intel Research Seattle
Awards	ACM Fellow (2009) IEEE Fellow (2010) Fulbright Scholar
Scientific career
Fields	Ubiquitous computing
Institutions	Xerox PARC University of Washington
Thesis	A New Interface Specification Methodology and its Application to Transducer Synthesis (1988)
Doctoral advisor	Randy Katz

Borriello was named a Fellow of the ACM in 2009 "for the design, realization, and integration of embedded and ubiquitous computing systems"^[3] and of the IEEE in 2010 "for contributions to embedded computing devices and systems."^[4] He was also a Fulbright Scholar.^[5]

Borriello was on the University of Washington computer science faculty from 1988 until his death – 27 years. The Gaetano Borriello Endowed Fellowship for Change was funded by Borriello's friends on his untimely death, to provide support for UW students "whose work is focused on exploring how technology can improve the lives of underserved populations".^[5]