Mark Weiser
Mark Weiser | |
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| Born | July 23, 1952 Harvey, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | April 27, 1999 (aged 46) Palo Alto, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | New College of Florida University of Michigan (MA, PhD) |
| Known for | Ubiquitous computing |
Mark D. Weiser (July 23, 1952 – April 27, 1999) was an American computer scientist and chief technology officer (CTO) at Xerox PARC. Weiser is widely considered to be the father of ubiquitous computing, a term he coined in 1988. Within Silicon Valley, Weiser was broadly viewed as a visionary and computer pioneer, and his ideas have influenced many of the world's leading computer scientists.