Keith Devlin

Keith Devlin Executive Director, H-STAR Institute, Stanford University Stanford, California Connect Connect with Keith Devlin More actions Stanford University University of Bristol University of Bristol See contact info See contact info See connections (500+) 500+ connections Mathematician: Author of thirty-two books, one interactive book on CD-ROM and over eighty published research articles. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, World Economic Forum Fellow, former member of the Mathematical Sciences Education Board. In 2012, I gave the first ever mathematics MOOC on Coursera. Regular contributor to NPR’s popular magazine program Weekend Edition (known as "the Math Guy") and a regular blogger for the Huffington Post and the Math. Assoc. of America. Website http://profkeithdevlin.com. Huffington Post: bloghttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/keithdevlin-162 MAA blog: http://devlinsangle.blogspot.com Other blogs http://profkeithdevlin.org, http://mooctalk.org NPR commentaries: http://profkeithdevlin.com/MathGuy.html Stanford: Executive Director of the H-STAR institute, which I co-founded in 2006, former executive director of the mediaX research network which I co-founded in 2002. See: http://www.stanford.edu/~kdevlin, http://hstar.stanford.edu/, http://mediax.stanford.edu/ BrainQuake, Inc.: I co-founded this Delaware corporation after five years of research on the design of mobile games that play well as games yet require, develop and assess deep conceptual mathematical thinking skills. See http://www.brainquake.com Specialties: Research: Communication and information processing technologies; issues of human cognition, mathematics education, use of different media to teach mathematics, including video games. I have worked on projects for the US Intelligence Community, the US Navy, and the US Army. Management: Management of diverse research projects; industry sales of research expertise; management of university-industry R&D collaborations in the USA, Japan, Korea, and Europe. Board Member at ChangeMyPath Inc. Show less Show less of Keith’s summary Experience Stanford University Executive Director, H-STAR Institute Company NameStanford University Dates EmployedJul 2006 – Present Employment Duration12 yrs 6 mos LocationStanford, CA Launched in 2006, H-STAR initiates and manages diverse, interdisciplinary research projects, and university-university partnerships. As a co-founder and Executive Director, I oversaw the growth of a research portfolio to its current level of approximately $10M a year. I have negotiated and managed university-university, university-industry and university-government R&D collaborations in the USA, Japan, Korea, and Europe. See http://hstar.stanford.edu BrainQuake, Inc. Co-Founder, President & Chief Scientist Company NameBrainQuake, Inc. Dates EmployedJan 2012 – Present Employment Duration7 yrs LocationPalo Alto, CA BrainQuake is a Delaware corporation that I co-founded in January 2012. BrainQuake develops next generation mobile games built on the conceptual mathematical thinking skills that are crucial for life in the twenty-first century, providing both learning and assessment. Our novel approach was developed as a result of insights gained in a six year period of research, some carried out with a commercial video game studio. Our first game, Wuzzit Trouble, was released in Fall 2013. See http://www.brainquake.com See less MAA Columnist Company NameMAA Dates Employed1990 – Present Employment Duration28 yrs LocationWashington, D.C. See http://devlinsangle.blogspot.com Keith Devlin Enterprises, Inc. CEO Company NameKeith Devlin Enterprises, Inc. Dates EmployedJan 2003 – Dec 2016 Employment Duration14 yrs LocationPalo Alto, CA I founded this California Corporation to conduct contract research, speaking, and consulting. Research clients included the US Intelligence Service, the US Navy, and the US Army. Consulting clients included the CICERO Educational Research Network in Finland. I closed the corporation in December 2016 to focus more time on BrainQuake Inc. Princeton University Stanley Kelley, Jr. Visiting Professor for Distinguished Teaching Company NamePrinceton University Dates EmployedJan 2014 – Dec 2015 Employment Duration2 yrs LocationDepartment of Mathematics I spent the first half of 2014 and the second half of 2015 at Princeton in a split position. mediaX at Stanford University Executive Director Company NamemediaX at Stanford University Dates EmployedJan 2002 – Sep 2006 Employment Duration4 yrs 9 mos LocationStanford, CA mediaX is a self-funded, university-industry Stanford research network that Byron Reeves and I co-founded in 2002. As executive director, I played a leading role in building the program, negotiating research partnerships with over thirty large technology companies around the world, and allocating over $2.5M of seed funding to Stanford research projects a... See more St Mary's College of California Dean of Science Company NameSt Mary's College of California Dates EmployedAug 1993 – Jul 2001 Employment Duration8 yrs LocationMoraga, CA As Dean of Science I initiated and led a program development project, and played a leading role in an associated capital campaign that raised over $32M to create new faculty positions and build a new science building, the design and construction of which I oversaw from the academic-use perspective.... See more Duxx Graduate School of Business Leadership Professor Company NameDuxx Graduate School of Business Leadership Dates Employed1999 – 2001 Employment Duration2 yrs LocationMonterrey, Mexico I taught business mathematics courses to students in the Duxx Graduate School of Business Leadership. Mathematical Association of America Editor, FOCUS magazine Company NameMathematical Association of America Dates Employed1991 – 1997 Employment Duration6 yrs Lancaster University Reader in Mathematics Company NameLancaster University Dates Employed1977 – 1987 Employment Duration10 yrs Show fewer experiences Education University of Bristol University of Bristol Degree NamePh.D. Field Of StudyMathematics Dates attended or expected graduation 1968 – 1971 King's College London King's College London Degree NameB.Sc. Field Of StudyMathematics Dates attended or expected graduation 1965 – 1968