Donald J. Patterson Explained

Donald J. Patterson
Birth Date:	April 11, 1972
Birth Place:	Rhode Island, United States
Field:	Computer science, informatics
Work Institutions:	Westmont College
Alma Mater:	Cornell University (BS, MEng), University of Washington (MS, PhD)
Doctoral Advisor:	Henry Kautz, Dieter Fox
Known For:	Ubiquitous computing Artificial intelligence Human-computer interaction
Prizes:	National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship

Donald J. Patterson (born April 11, 1972) is a professor of computer science at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California.^[1] He is an expert on topics including cryptocurrency,^[2] health technology,^[3] and technology in the context of civilizational collapse.^[4]

Education

Dr. Patterson earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Cornell University before spending four years in Japan and Sardinia as a naval operations officer. He earned a doctorate in computer science from the University of Washington and has been recognised for his work on collapse informatics and abstract object usage.

Research & Career

Based on his research, he co-founded more than four startup companies. He previously worked at the University of California, Irvine Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences, where he earned tenure and served as director of the Laboratory for Ubiquitous Computing and Interaction.^[5]

Most cited articles

• Kestenbaum B, Sampson JN, Rudser KD, Patterson DJ, Seliger SL, Young B, Sherrard DJ, and Andress DL. Serum phosphate levels and mortality risk among people with chronic kidney disease. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 16:520–528, 2005.
• Philipose M, Fishkin KP, Perkowitz M, Patterson DJ, Fox D, Kautz H, Hahnel D. Inferring activities from interactions with objects. IEEE pervasive computing. 2004 Oct;3(4):50-7.
• Liao L, Patterson DJ, Fox D, Kautz H. Learning and inferring transportation routines. Artificial intelligence. 2007 Apr 1;171(5-6):311-31.
• Patterson DJ, Liao L, Fox D, Kautz H. Inferring high-level behavior from low-level sensors. InInternational Conference on Ubiquitous Computing 2003 Oct 12 (pp. 73–89). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.
• Patterson DJ, Fox D, Kautz H, Philipose M. Fine-grained activity recognition by aggregating abstract object usage. In Ninth IEEE International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC'05) 2005 Oct 18 (pp. 44–51).

External links

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Notes and References

1. Web site: About. 2021-11-12. Donald J. Patterson. en-US.
2. Web site: Anatomy of a Cryptojacking. 2021-11-12. en-US.
3. AI to Assist Alzheimer's Patients. Wired . 2021-11-12. en-US . Baard . Mark .
4. Web site: Computing Within Limits. 2021-11-12. en-US.
5. Web site: Donald J. Patterson, Ph.D.. 2021-11-16. Westmont College. en.