Dan Quine Explained

Dan Quine
Workplaces:University of Leeds
Apple Computer
Google
Songkick
AltSchool
Alma Mater:University of Leeds
Thesis Title:Exploring the use of pattern recognition, pattern identification and machine learning to support active collaboration between the user and the computer
Thesis Url:http://lib.leeds.ac.uk/record=b1499783
Thesis Year:1996
Known For:Songkick, AltSchool, Google Squared
Website:

Daniel Nicholas Quine (formerly known as Daniel Nicholas Crow[1]) is a computer scientist, currently VP Engineering at AltSchool.[2]

Early career

Quine learned to program on a ZX81 and a BBC Micro in the 1980s.[3] [4]

He received a BSc in Computer Science from the University of Leeds,[5] and earned his PhD in Artificial Intelligence from Leeds in 1995. His thesis work used machine learning algorithms to discover patterns in user interactions.[6] [7] [8]

In the mid-1990s he was Head of Software Development for Art of Memory[9] where he produced the Story of Glass multimedia kiosk and CD-ROM amongst others.

Silicon Valley

In 1996, Quine joined Apple Computer where he initially worked as the lead software engineer on the Apple Media Tool. He was also the manager of the Hypercard engineering team and the QuickTime applications team. He worked closely with Steve Jobs on the QuickTime Player application[10] and was co-inventor of two software patents with Jobs.[11] In August 2011, Quine was interviewed by the BBC to discuss Steve Jobs' resignation as CEO of Apple.[12]

After leaving Apple in 2000, Quine worked at a number of technology startups. He was the Chief Scientist of guru.com where he developed the SmartMatch intelligent search engine.[13] After guru.com was acquired by Unicru, Quine stayed on as Chief Scientist and Chief Architect until 2005.

In 2005, Quine co-founded Blurb.com.[14] As Chief Technology Officer of Blurb[15] he led the development and launch of their first BookSmart product.[16]

Google

In 2006 Quine joined Google as Product Manager for the crawl infrastructure group.[17] In this role, he regularly spoke at search engine optimisation conferences[18] [19] [20] and led the company's teams working on the Robots Exclusion Protocol and other crawler technologies; he also represented Google on the proposed ACAP standard.[21]

In February 2008, in an interview with the Technology Review, Quine discussed Google's "alternate views" search interface experiments and described Google's vision for the future of search: "One thing to remember is that (search is) still the early days. People think that search is a solved problem. I think we're still in the early days of making search work on a universal global scale. We know we can do better."[22]

In 2009, Quine led the engineering team that developed Google Squared,[23] a large-scale knowledge extraction technology that is part of the Knowledge Graph technology.[24] He then moved to Google's London office where he led the development of Google's mobile search applications and Google Ads Professionals and Rich Media Dynamic Ads projects.

Songkick

In January 2011, Quine left Google to join Songkick.[25] [26] [16] At Songkick he helped create the Silicon Milkroundabout hiring fair.[27] He also led Songkick's transition to a Service Oriented Architecture[28] and helped the company adopt continuous integration.[29]

In May 2014, Quine was interviewed by Silicon Real and talked about his experience at Songkick, as well as his earlier career and the future of the tech industry.[30] In May 2014, Songkick had more than 10 million monthly unique users and generated more than $100m of ticket revenue through referrals.[31] In June 2015, Songkick announced its merger with direct ticket vendor CrowdSurge and a $16.6m Series C investment round;[32] Quine remains the CTO of the combined company.

In September 2015, Quine chaired a roundtable discussion with a panel of experts in Artificial Intelligence who talked about the risks and opportunities in the field.[33]

Tech City

In March 2012, Quine was named one of the "jobs ambassadors" for Channel 4 News.[34] He regularly comments on startups in Tech City, including writing for The Guardian,[35] talking at conferences,[36] and promoting UK startups for the London Olympics.[37] He is one of the founding members of the Tech London Advocates group.[38] In December 2013, Quine was interviewed on BBC World News by Linda Yueh discussing entrepreneurship.[39]

Leeds University

Quine is a Visiting Professor of Computer Science at the University of Leeds.[40] He lectures at the university on entrepreneurship and startups.[41] He also writes on Computer Science.[42] [43] He is one of the prominent engineering alumni of the University.[44]

Return to Silicon Valley

In July 2016, Quine returned to Silicon Valley, where he joined education startup AltSchool.[2] In 2019, he joined Lever as VP of Engineering, Product and Design.[45] In 2022, Quine was working at Mode Analytics.[46]

Railway historian and author

Quine writes books and articles about narrow-gauge railways, including the Ffestiniog, Corris[47] and Talyllyn Railways[48] in Wales; and the Kettering Ironstone Railway, the Waltham Iron Ore Tramway in England. In 2019, Quine presented a paper at the Social History Conference on the "impact of English industrialists on rural Mid Wales",[49]

In 2022, Quine presented at the Society for Industrial Archeology's conference, on "Rail transport at the Yellow Aster gold mine".[50] He published a related article on the Yellow Aster Mine later that year.[51] In December he published a book on the Hendre-Ddu Tramway.[52]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Crowquine: why I changed my name . Dan Quine . 24 December 2015.
  2. Web site: AltSchool Team Page.
  3. Web site: The Return of the Tinkerer. Huffington Post . Dan Crow . 11 May 2012 .
  4. Web site: BBC News . The BBC Microcomputer and me, 30 years down the line . 1 December 2011.
  5. Web site: University of Leeds . From Leeds to Silicon Valley and back again – The School of Computing welcomes back alumnus Dan Crow . 11 November 2013 . 17 April 2014 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304024608/http://www.engineering.leeds.ac.uk/faculty/news/2013/computing-welcomes-back-dan-crow.shtml . dead .
  6. PhD . Daniel. Crow . Exploring the use of pattern recognition, pattern identification and machine learning to support active collaboration between the user and the computer . University of Leeds . 1996 .
  7. Book: Neural networks and pattern recognition in human-computer interaction . 1992 . Beale, Russell . Finlay, Janet . Ellis Horwood . DB_Habits: comparing minimal knowledge and knowledge-based approaches to pattern recognition in the domain of user-computer interactions . 0-13-626995-8.
  8. Book: Crow . D. . Dan Crow (computer scientist). Smith . B. . 10.1145/169891.169919 . The role of built-in knowledge in adaptive interface systems . Proceedings of the 1st international conference on Intelligent user interfaces - IUI '93 . 97 . 1993 . 0897915569 . 14526323 .
  9. Web site: Apple Media Tool consultants list . 30 April 2007 . 5 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305081437/http://www.apple.com/support/?artnum=17895&coll=ap . dead .
  10. News: The Guardian . Steve Jobs: the computer and design guru who inspired absolute devotion . Jemima Kiss . 25 August 2011.
  11. News: New York Times . Steve Jobs's Patents . 25 August 2011 . Shan Carter.
  12. News: BBC . BBC News at Six . 25 August 2011.
  13. Book: Crow . D. . Dan Crow (computer scientist). Desanto . J. . 10.1109/ICTAI.2004.12 . A hybrid approach to concept extraction and recognition-based matching in the domain of human resources . 16th IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence . 535 . 2004 . 0-7695-2236-X . 13378806 .
  14. Web site: Wired . Europe's 100 hottest startups 2012: London . Hugo Cox . 15 August 2012.
  15. Web site: Blurb launch information from Demo conference.
  16. News: New York Times . A Go-to Site for Tracking Music Acts. Ben Sisario . Ben Sisario . 1 May 2011 .
  17. News: Interview in The Guardian technology blog . London . Bobbie . Johnson . 27 March 2007 . 30 April 2010.
  18. Web site: Search Summit 2007 in Sydney . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070331121436/http://www.searchsummit.com.au/2007/01/30/dan-crow-product-manager-crawl-systems-google-inc/ . 31 March 2007 . dmy .
  19. Web site: Search Engine Strategies New York, 2007. Conference agenda . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070429214238/http://www.searchenginestrategies.com/sew/ny07/agenda4.html#clinic_2 . 29 April 2007 . dmy .
  20. Web site: Search Engine Strategies Chicago, 2006. Conference agenda . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070418182701/http://www.searchenginestrategies.com/sew/chicago06/agenda3.html#flash . 18 April 2007 . dmy .
  21. News: Search engines baulk at tighter reins on their spiders . 11 February 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080308190826/http://www.journalism.co.uk/5/articles/53371.php . 8 March 2008 . dead .
  22. MIT Technology Review . Greene . Kate . A New Perspective on Search Results . March 2008.
  23. Web site: European Conference on Information Retrieval, 2010.
  24. OIC speaker interview 6: Dan Crow, CTO, Songkick . Andrew Cleary . April 24, 2014 . Ovum.
  25. Web site: Songkick poaches big hitter CTO out of Google . Mike Butcher . TechCrunch . 18 March 2011.
  26. News: Songkick shows how a UK startup can have global ambition for live music . The Guardian . Jemima Kiss . 2 May 2011.
  27. News: Interview: Dan Crow, CTO, Songkick . The Cloud Circle . 2 November 2011 . Dom Pollard . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120106075319/http://thecloudcircle.com/article/interview-dan-crow-cto-songkick . 6 January 2012 . dmy .
  28. News: One rockin' vendor's journey to SOA . ZDNet . Joe McKendrick . 14 September 2012.
  29. Hit It with a Big Axe. Hacker News Meetup .
  30. Web site: Dan Crow, CTO of Songkick . Silicon Real . 1 May 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140514012759/http://www.siliconreal.com/episodes/2014/5/12/dan-crow-cto-of-songkick . 14 May 2014 . dmy .
  31. News: Songkick makes a noise with 10m subscribers . Tim Bradshaw . 27 May 2014 . Financial Times.
  32. News: Songkick and CrowdSurge merge to make a splash in live music market . The Guardian. Stuart Dredge . June 4, 2015 . London.
  33. Not Just Another Discussion About Whether AI Is Going To Destroy Us . Natasha Lomas . TechCrunch . 6 September 2015.
  34. News: Channel 4 Reveals Jobs Ambassadors. 14 March 2012 . Channel 4 News .
  35. News: Watch out, Silicon Valley – Silicon Roundabout is the new kid in town . The Guardian . Dan Crow . 21 November 2011.
  36. The Changing Landscape with Dan Crow . Digital London . March 2012.
  37. Web site: Olympics Legacy – Silicon Roundabout . Engineering and Technology Magazine . 18 March 2012.
  38. News: Private sector advocacy group aims to support London tech scene . Wired UK . Olivia Solon . 17 April 2003 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130917063739/http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-04/17/tech-london-advocates . 17 September 2013 . dmy .
  39. News: Talking Business with Linda Yueh . BBC World News . December 2013.
  40. News: Why every child should learn to code . Dan Crow . The Guardian . 7 February 2014.
  41. Web site: The accidental entrepreneur: from Leeds to Silicon Valley and back again . Leeds University . 14 April 2014 . 8 May 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160508045442/http://engineering.leeds.ac.uk/events . dead .
  42. Web site: The basics of Computer Science. Medium . Dan Crow .
  43. News: Why we owe it all to Alan Turing . GigaOm . Dan Crow . 23 June 2012.
  44. Web site: Prominent alumni – Science and technology . University of Leeds . 15 April 2014 . 11 August 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200811192940/https://alumni.leeds.ac.uk/science . dead .
  45. News: Lever Continues its Rapid Expansion With New CFO and VP of Engineering . Lever . 9 September 2019.
  46. Web site: Mode Engineering Blog . Medium . 22 June 2022.
  47. News: Not to Go: The sad end of the Corris Railway . Heritage Railway . 220.
  48. News: The Talyllyn Railway in the Late Haydn Jones Era . Heritage Railway . Quine . Dan . March 2015 . 200.
  49. Web site: 43rd. Annual Conference . Social History Society . June 2019.
  50. Web site: Dan . Quine . Dan Quine . SIA 2022 Paper Conference: Paper Sessions . 4 June 2022 . Society for Industrial Archeology.
  51. The Yellow Aster gold mine . Dan . Quine . Dan Quine . . 132 . September 2022.
  52. Book: Quine, Dan . Dan Quine . The Hendre Ddu Tramway: Blue Stones and Green Trees . Lightmoor Press . December 2022 . 9781915069153.

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