Anderson, Dennis | USA
Professor Dennis Anderson is associate dean of Pace University's School of Computer Science and Information Systems and director of the university's Center for Advanced Media (CAM), which conducts research, education and training in the area of multimedia technologies. The center's work focuses on e-business, web development and web design and spans the spectrum from art to high technology. The center partners with companies in greater New York. He also directs the Laboratory for Undergraduate Research and Collaborative Computing (URC).
Dr. Anderson received his Ph.D. and M.Phil. from Columbia University, where he studied computer-aided and on-line distance learning. He also received an Ed.M. in Instructional Technology and Media from Columbia University. In addition, Dr. Anderson holds an M.S. in Computer Science from New York University's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. 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.
Dr. Anderson has presented at numerous international conferences in the areas of computer science, information systems and distance and mathematics education. His research interests lie in the history of computing and information technology, information policy, global digital divide, human-computer interaction, multimedia, programming languages, operating systems, artificial intelligence, computer science, mathematics and distance education, new-media technologies and e-commerce.
Dr. 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 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 Inc., ISACA Education Board, PC EXPO/TECHXNY 2002 Conference, and the International Conference on E-Banking and Global Marketplace 2003 (Conference Chairman).
Project at IAS-ST: Nabu Cameroon
Project NABU (knowledge transfer beyond boundaries) is dedicated to the empowerment of local communities through sharing of the knowledge, technology, and human resources necessary to improve living conditions, understand global issues, and attain sustainable development. The guiding principle behind NABU's commitment to sustainable development is the implementation of distance education and Information Communication Technology to reach and interact with ethnically and geographically diverse populations.
NABU-Cameroon - will use computer and Internet services to provide HIV/AIDS education and especially to promote the use of condoms in the university of Dschang community. Talking about sex is still taboo in Cameroon. The Internet will certainly attract students and will therefore be an effective medium for disseminating sex- related information. CRHI will emphasize peer-education. CHRI will also adapt to the context of Dschang strategies that have proven successful in countries such as Senegal and Uganda.