艾伦·C. 切割

“The most exciting things happen at the interface between disciplines.” 

Early in my career I found beauty and fascination in computing itself.  I designed and built an operating system and a computer language complete with compiler and code generator. I was the founding director of a computer center for a major scientific institution. I worked with the founder of what is now a multi-billion dollar corporation to develop the product that launched the company. 在它流行之前，我是个极客.  As my career progressed I found ever increasing fascination in the integration of computing with other areas of human endeavor... particularly in areas where the application was new or novel.  我用电脑控制了一个水上乐园, designed and built an early graphical user interface (GUI) and worked on the statistical analysis of oil deliveries and sales to distinguish between leaks, / /下交货, 盗窃, 以及泵的校准误差.  It was in the field of artificial intelligence, 然而, that my interdisciplinary flair was truly ignited.  What can the computer tell us about the brain, 心灵, the human ability to create and appreciate art?  关于我们如何学习，它能告诉我们什么...all questions that span disciplines ranging from philosophy to neuroscience. Artificial intelligence ignited my passion and fascination for employing the connections between disciplines to solve interesting (difficult, 草率的问题...一种将我引向网络的迷恋, 一个计算空间, 市场营销, 平面设计, 沟通, 新闻, PR and a host of other disciplines converge.  成功, 一个网站必须, 至少, make appropriate use of technology to address a problem in a well-researched market segment; employ a design and aesthetic that reflect that knowledge; and provide engaging and persuasive directed content.  All that, and it must be designed to grow and adapt to external changes.  The site must be supported by analytics to determine where it is effective and where it is not.  It must be designed to place well on search engine results.  It must be designed to support and be supported by social media campaigns.  No single discipline could hope to create a successful Web presence in isolation.  I have found the ultimate multi-disciplinary laboratory/playground.  I have a passion for what I study and what I do.  在教育...激情是会传染的.