John Cohn Explained

Honorific Prefix:Dr
John Cohn
Birth Date:February 9, 1959
Birth Place:Manhattan, New York, United States
Occupation:IBM Fellow and Computer Engineer
Spouse:Diane Mariano[1]
Children:Max, Sam (Died 2006), Gabe

John Maxwell Cohn (born February 9, 1959) is an American engineer. Cohn is best known as the engineer scientist in the Discovery Channel TV show, The Colony.[2] He is an IBM Fellow at the MIT-IBM Watson AI Laboratory. Previous to that John was Chief Scientist of the Internet of Things division.[3] He holds an undergraduate electrical engineering degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as well as a doctoral degree from Carnegie Mellon University. Cohn has authored over 40 papers and has more than 120 worldwide patents.[3] [4]

Cohn's presentation concerning electricity, entitled Jolts and Volts, has been performed for more than 50,000 students world wide, including performances at Walt Disney World, and the New York Hall of Science.[5] [6]

In October 2013 Cohn was a presenter at a TEDx conference. TEDxDelft 2013 was themed "Do try this at home" and Cohn's talk was titled "The importance of play".[7] [8]

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Notes and References

  1. http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/colony/top-ten/john-cohn.html "The Colony: John Cohn's Top Tens List"
  2. Web site: James . Megan . Engineering Evangelist . Seven Days . Da Capo Publishing . 24 November 2018.
  3. Web site: Brief Bio. johncohn.org. 20 January 2008 . 1 November 2017.
  4. Web site: John Cohn IBM Fellow. The Huffington Post. 1 November 2017.
  5. Web site: John Cohn The Computer Engineer. dsc.discovery.com. 1 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20110416042130/http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/colony/bios/john-cohn.html. April 16, 2011.
  6. Web site: John Cohn: ECE Alumnus, IBM Fellow & Role Model. Electrical and Computer Engineering. 1 November 2017. August 13, 2007.
  7. Web site: TEDxDelft 2013. 4 October 2013. July 17, 2014. TEDxDelft 2013. TEDx.
  8. Web site: The importance of play: John Cohn at TEDxDelft. December 19, 2013. July 17, 2014. Watch "The importance of play: John Cohn at TEDxDelft" Video at TEDxTalks. TEDx.