David Alan Grier

David Alan Grier is a scholar of computing and information.
He specializes in the context of computation and how computation alters social and political institutions. He is the author of When Computers Were Human (Princeton 2005), Too Soon To Tell (Wiley 2009), The Company We Keep (2012), and Crowdsourcing for Dummies (Wiley 2013). He is a regular contributor to Computer, the Communications of the Chinese Computing Federation (in Mandarin), and Consumer Electronics Magazine.
Grier is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and has served as the President of the IEEE Computer Society. He holds a PhD in Mathematical Statistics from the University of
Washington and his computing training dates to his childhood when his father guided him through the UNIVAC training courses, Don Knuthâ’s Art of Programming and other experiences. He is currently a member of
the Center for International Science and Technology Policy in the George Washington University.