Robert J. Glushko is an adjunct professor at the
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. He has written a number of books including ''
Document Engineering'' (2005) and ''The Discipline of Organizing'' (2013).
In 1997, he co-founded
Veo Systems
Robert J. Glushko is an adjunct professor at the University of California Berkeley School of Information. He has written a number of books including '' Document Engineering'' (2005) and ''The Discipline of Organizing'' (2013).
In 1997, he co-f ...
and helped pioneer the use of XML for electronic business. Veo's innovations included the
Common Business Library (CBL), the first native XML vocabulary for business-to-business transactions, the primary starting point for what is now the
Universal Business Language (UBL), and the Schema for Object-Oriented XML (SOX), the first object-oriented XML schema language.
From 1999 to 2002 he headed
Commerce One's XML architecture and technical standards activities, after Commerce One acquired Veo in 1998.
He is the husband of
Pamela Samuelson. In 2001, they founded the
David E. Rumelhart Prize for Contributions to the Theoretical Foundations of Human Cognition.
Rumelhart
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was Glushko's thesis advisor at the University of California, San Diego, where he received his PhD in 1979. Glushko and Samuelson have also helped create several law school clinics working on public interest technology issues. These include:
* Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual Property Law Clinic of the Washington College of Law
at
American University
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*Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic
at
University of California, Berkeley
*Samuelson-Glushko Intellectual Property and Information Law Clinic
at
Fordham University
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*Samuelson-Glushko Technology Law & Policy Clinic
at
University of Colorado, Boulder
*Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy & Public Interest Clinic, at the
University of Ottawa.
Awards
In 2008, Glushko was recognized as an honorary member of the
Cognitive Science Society "for outstanding, sustained contributions to the general advancement of cognitive science, and in particular, to the Cognitive Science Society." He has also been named one of 50 UCSD Alumni Leaders by the UCSD Alumni Association.
References
External links
American technology writers
University of California, Berkeley School of Information faculty
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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