Neil Gershenfeld
Neil Gershenfeld | |
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 Gershenfeld in 2010 | |
| Born | Neil Adam Gershenfeld December 1, 1959 Ardmore, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Education | |
| Known for | Director of MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer sciences |
| Workplaces | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Thesis | Representation of chaos (1990) |
| Watt W. Webb | |
Notable students | Edward Boyden Aram Harrow |
| Website | ng |
Neil Adam Gershenfeld (born December 1, 1959) is an American physicist. He is a professor in the MIT Program in Media Arts and Sciences and the director of the MIT Center for Bits and Atoms. He works mainly on interdisciplinary topics in physics and computer science, such as quantum computing, nanotechnology, and personal fabrication. He has been called the "intellectual father of the maker movement".