Alan H. Borning is an American

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noted for his research on

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and object-oriented programming. In particular his research in human-computer interaction is on designing for human values. He works on systems to support civic engagement and deliberation, and works on tools to make public transportation easier to use. He has also worked on constraint-based languages and systems, and cooperating constraint languages and solvers.

Biography

Borning received a B.A. in

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from Reed College in 1971. He received a

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in Computer Science from

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in 1974 and a Ph.D in Computer Science from

in 1979. He then joined the Department of Computer Science at the University of Washington in 1980, where in 2016 he is still a professor there. He is also an adjunct professor in the Information School, and a member of the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Urban Design and Planning.

Awards

In the year 2001, he became an ACM Fellow for contributions to constraint-based languages, systems, and applications, to object-oriented programming; and to understanding issues of computers and society.

References

External links

* University of Washington
Alan H. Borning, Department of Computer Science
{{DEFAULTSORT:Borning, Alan American computer scientists University of Washington faculty 2001 Fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery Living people 1950 births Reed College alumni Stanford University alumni Place of birth missing (living people)