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Dennis Anderson, Ph.D.
ProfessoR, computer scientisT

Internationalist, ICT Adviser & Strategist

 

Pace University

163 William ST. 2nd Floor

New York, NY 10038, USA

212.346.1220

danderson@pace.edu

 

Dennis Anderson is Professor of Information Systems at Pace University's Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems.  He has served as Associate Dean (1999-2007) and Director of the University's Center for Advanced Media (2000-2006).  Since 2001, He has also directed the Laboratory for Undergraduate Research and Collaborative Computing.

Professor Anderson received his Ph.D. and M.Phil. in Mathematics Education from Columbia University.  He also received an Ed.M. in Instructional Technology and Media from Columbia University.  In addition, Professor Anderson holds an M.S. in Computer Science from New York University's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and his B.A. in Computer Science form Fordham University.  He also completed an executive-education program in E-Commerce at Columbia University's School of Business and a professional program in multimedia at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  In 2005, he completed Harvard University's Institute for Management and Leadership in Education Program.

Professor Anderson has presented at numerous international conferences in the areas of computer science, information systems, and distance and mathematics education.  His research interests include information and communication technology, information policy, global digital divide, human-computer interaction, multimedia, programming languages, artificial intelligence, new-media technologies, e-commerce, and computer science, mathematics and distance education.  He has received numerous grants including a number of National Science Foundation grants.  He has served as a reviewer/referee for numerous grants, fellowships, and publications.

Professor Anderson has been named to the roster of the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board's Fulbright Senior Specialist (2002-2006) program as an expert in information technology.  He was a Fulbright Senior Specialist to Belgium in 2002.  Recently he was appointed as a reviewer for Fulbright Senior Specialist Program.  He has served as a member of several advisory boards of organizations and conference boards including Microsoft Faculty Advisory Board, ACM Computers in Entertainment Editorial Board, Editorial Review Board of the Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, CIO Executive Programs CXO Media, Computerworld Strategic Programs, Society for Information Management NYC, NYC Department of Education’s Academy of IT and CTE Advisory Council, ISACA Education Board, Fulbright Academy of Science and Technology International Advisory Council, PC EXPO/TECHXNY 2002 Conference, Columbia University-Teachers College, MIS2002 Conference, Pace University Research Council, AMCIS 2004 (Program Guide Chair), the International Conference on E-Banking and Global Marketplace 2003 (Conference Chairman), and the UN Conference on Age of Connectivity 2007 (Co-Chairman).  He has served as a judge for the New York City Science and Engineering Fair, Imagine Cup 2005, and the Advanced Media Technology Emmy Awards and a reviewer for the New York State Education Department's Institutional Accreditation.  He has also belonged to a number of professional organizations including the Association for Computing Machinery, IEEE-Computer Society, Association for Information Systems, New York Academy of Sciences, New York New Media Association, and American Society for Engineering Education.

 

He has been named Fellow of World Innovation Foundation, Visiting Fellow (2004) at the Institute for Advanced Studies on Science, Technology and Society, in Graz, Austria, and Fellow of Wilson Center for Social Entrepreneurship in 2006.  In 2004 , he was also a Visiting Professor at the Université de Mons-Hainaut, Waroque Business School, Belgium. Recently, he was a Scholar-in-Residence at the UBS Wolfsberg Think Tank in Switzerland.

 

Professor Anderson has also served as Project Leader on the following projects: NYC2012 Olympics Bidding Organization - Nations of New York Web Site Development Project (2004), World Trade Center Memorial Foundation Web Site Development Project (2004), Hispanic Education Summit (2005), and U.N. Language and Communication Program Web Site Development Project (2006).