Randy Pausch
Sign in to saveAmerican professor of computer science, human-computer interaction and design
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1960
- Died
- 2008
- Works
- 29
Top works
- The Last Lecture
- The Last Lecture (Korean Edition)
- The Last Lecture
- A Lição Final - The Last Lecture
- Time Management
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting
Known for
- Star Trek — Kelvin Crew Member2009
- Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams — Carnegie Mellon University Professor2006
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,379
- Total plays
- 7,167
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- <i>PHENIX</i>: a comprehensive Python-based system for macromolecular structure solution
· 2010 · cited 23,314x
- The Satisfaction With Life Scale
· 1985 · cited 22,921x
- <i>Phaser</i>crystallographic software
· 2007 · cited 19,986x
- An automated labeling system for subdividing the human cerebral cortex on MRI scans into gyral based regions of interest
· 2006 · cited 12,730x
- Overview of the<i>CCP</i>4 suite and current developments
· 2011 · cited 11,872x
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Key facts
- Born
- Randolph Frederick Pausch , ( 1960-10-23 ) October 23, 1960, Baltimore , Maryland , US
- Died
- July 25, 2008 (2008-07-25) (aged 47), Chesapeake, Virginia , US
- Cause of death
- Pancreatic cancer
- Alma mater
- Brown University (BS) , Carnegie Mellon University (PhD)
- Known for
- Creator of Alice software project, Cofounder of the Entertainment Technology Center , Virtual reality , The Last Lecture
- Spouse
- Jai Glasgow
- 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
- Fields
- Computer science , Human–computer interaction
- Institutions
- Carnegie Mellon University , University of Virginia
- Doctoral advisor
- Alfred Spector
- Doctoral students
- Ken Hinckley , Caitlin Kelleher, Desney Tan
Key dates
- Born
- 23 October 1960
- Died
- 25 July 2008
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Randy
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Baltimore
- Place of death
- Chesapeake
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Employer
- University of Virginia
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Unitarian Universalism
Article
Randolph Frederick Pausch (/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.
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.
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