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词条 Walter De Brouwer
释义

  1. Life

  2. Publisher

  3. Internet

  4. Research labs

  5. Doc.ai

  6. Scanadu

  7. Other activities

  8. Bibliography

  9. References

  10. External links

{{short description|Belgian scientist}}{{Infobox person
| name = Walter De Brouwer
| image = Walter de Brouwer 2011-11-09.jpg
| imagesize =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1957|5|9}}
| birth_place = Aalst, Belgium
| residence = Los Altos, California, United States
| nationality = Belgian, permanent resident USA
| alma mater = Ghent University (BA Philology; MA Formal Linguistics; postgraduate Epistemology; Tilburg University (PhD Semiotics)
| occupation = Entrepreneur
| known for = Personal Computer Magazine, Wave, Eunet (now CenturyLink), Jobscape (now Stepstone), Starlab, OLPC, Scanadu Inc, doc.ai Inc.
| title = CEO, co-founder, doc.ai Inc.
| spouse = Sam Lounis
| children = 2 sons, 1 daughter
| website = {{url|https://doc.ai}}
}}Walter De Brouwer ({{IPA-nl|də ˈbrʌuər|}}; born May 9, 1957) is a Belgian-born Internet and technology entrepreneur and semiotician. He is a cofounder and CEO [1] of doc.ai and former CEO of Scanadu in Mountain View, California.

Life

De Brouwer was born in Aalst, Belgium. He earned a Masters degree in linguistics from the University of Ghent and a PhD in Semiotics from Tilburg University.[2] He was a lecturer at the University of Antwerp (UFSIA) and adjunct professor at the International University of Monaco from 2001-2004.[3] He is an Entrepreneur in Residence with the Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning at Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge since 2004.[4] He sits on the editorial advisory board of the Journal for Chinese Entrepreneurship.[5] De Brouwer is a member of the American Mathematical Society.

Publisher

De Brouwer set up Riverland Publications in 1990 to publish personal computer magazines.[6] In 1994, he sold his titles to VNU. He then published the cyberpunk magazine Wave, edited by Michel Bauwens and designed by Niels Shoe Meulman. Wave was a cult Belgian avant garde magazine.[7]

Internet

In 1996, De Brouwer was one of the founders of PING, later sold to EUnet.[8] In 1999, sold his employment site, Jobscape[9] In 2008, De Brouwer set up OLPC Europe, the European branch of One Laptop per Child.[10][11]

Research labs

In 1996, De Brouwer founded Starlab together with MIT Media Lab founder Nicholas Negroponte[12][13][14] and coordinated its research activities under the acronym BANG (Bits, Atoms, Neurons and Genes), a system later adopted by MIT in 2002.

De Brouwer serves as a board director of the Tau Zero Foundation.[15]

Doc.ai

De Brouwer co-founded doc.ai, a company focused on decentralizing precision medicine with artificial intelligence.[16]

Scanadu

De Brouwer is former co-founder and the CEO of Scanadu, a company located at the NASA Ames Research Park in California.[17] and Scanaflo, an at-home, full-panel urinalysis testing device designed to give consumers immediate information about their liver health, urinary tract infections, and other vitals.[18]

De Brouwer stepped down from CEO in April 2016 and became the CEO and co-founder of artificial intelligence start-up doc.ai.[19] He also sits on the scientific advisory board of uBiome.[20]

Other activities

De Brouwer is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and served as President of RSA Europe from 2006 to 2008.[21] He is a member of TED and curator of TEDxBrussels. He was a distinguished lecturer at the National Science Foundation in 2013.

De Brouwer's articles have been published by VentureBeat, [22], The Huffington Post,[23] Techonomy,[24] and others. His article, “How the People Are Taking Over the World,” was among Techonomy's Most-Read Articles of 2014 and was cited by its editors as “perhaps the most philosophical of Techonomy’s top articles” that year.[25]

De Brouwer has two children with his current wife and a daughter from a previous marriage.

Bibliography

  • De Brouwer, Walter. Notes & Queries: Mary Imlay, Analytical Review (Oxford, 1982), 29:204-206.
  • De Brouwer, Walter. Notes & Queries: Joshua Toulmin, Analytical Review (Oxford, 1983), 30:209-212.
  • De Brouwer, Walter; Ayris, Stephen (1985). Computer Buzz words : Teacher's guide. Wolters Leuven, {{ISBN|90-309-0815-7}}
  • De Brouwer, Walter (1985). Cybercrud : computer terminology for advanced students of informatics and industrial engineering. Wolters Leuven, {{ISBN|90-309-0819-X}}
  • Vanneste, Alex; Geens D, De Brouwer, Walter (1987). Het Nieuwe Landschap, Wolters Leuven, {{ISBN|90-309-0825-4}}
  • De Brouwer, Walter (2004). Echelon: Three can keep a Secret, if Two of them are Dead. Delaware, ASIN B004J3UHGG
  • De Brouwer, Walter (2004). The biology of language: the post-modern deconstruction and denarration of modern and pre-modern grand narratives. Universiteit van Tilburg, {{ISBN|978-90-810022-1-9}}

References

1. ^http://www.zdnet.com/article/doc-ai/
2. ^De Brouwer, Walter (2004). The biology of language: the post-modern deconstruction and denarration of modern and pre-modern grand narratives. Universiteit van Tilburg, {{ISBN|978-90-810022-1-9}}
3. ^[https://web.archive.org/web/20070626191619/http://www.monaco.edu/Faculty/faculty_detail.php?id_faculty=47IUM International University of Monaco Faculty: Walter De Brouwer (Adjunct)]
4. ^Entrepreneur in Residence Walter De Brouwer via University of Cambridge Judge Business School
5. ^Journal for Chinese Entrepreneurship
6. ^BELGIUM Major Manufacturers Directory. Business Information Agency, {{ISBN|978-1-4187-8348-8}}
7. ^{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328050321/http://collectvalue.com/exhibition/WAVE%20THE%20BELGIAN%20CYBERPUNK%20MAG/3125?b=category&mc=BOOKS |date=March 28, 2012 |title=Wave, the Belgian cyberpunk mag }}
8. ^Schroller, Alex; King, Tim (January 4, 2010). Smart ways to improve innovation. European Voice
9. ^Schroller, Alex; King, Tim (January 4, 2010). Smart ways to improve innovation. European Voice
10. ^Fildes, Jonathan (December 23, 2009). OLPC Unveils slimline tablet PC. BBC News
11. ^Hartley, Adam (May 1, 2010). How OLPC plans to give 30 million kids in Africa a laptop by 2015. TechRadar
12. ^Kalia, Kirin (August 9, 2000). Belgium: Europe's Overlooked Diamond-in-the-Rough (Part II). Silicon Alley Daily
13. ^Lane, Frederick S. (2003) The naked employee: how technology is compromising workplace privacy, p. 54. AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn, {{ISBN|978-0-8144-7149-4}}
14. ^Bilefsky, Dan (April 2, 2001). [https://web.archive.org/web/20010823073007/globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/article.html?id=010402010132 Where the deep future is familiar territory] The Financial Times
15. ^{{Cite web|url=https://lifeboat.com/ex/bios.walter.de.brouwer|title=Lifeboat Foundation Bios: Dr. Walter De Brouwer|website=lifeboat.com|access-date=2018-02-06}}
16. ^https://medium.com/@_doc_ai/tokenization-of-healthcare-has-started-bd8937445c1a
17. ^{{cite news|last=Gorman|first=Michael|title=Scanadu finalizes Scout tricorder design, wants user feedback to help it get FDA approval|url=https://www.engadget.com/2013/05/22/scanadu-scout-tricorder-final-design/|accessdate=31 January 2014|newspaper=Engadget|date=22 May 2013}}
18. ^{{Cite news|url = http://www.cultofmac.com/308037/scanaflo-brings-hospital-quality-urinalysis-tests-to-your-home/|title = Scanaflo brings hospital-quality urinalysis to your home|last = Hein|first = Buster|date = 6 January 2015|work = Cult of Mac|access-date = 9 January 2015}}
19. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.zdnet.com/article/doc-ai/ |title=Doc.ai launches blockchain-based conversational AI platform for health consumers|author=Tas Bindi|date=August 24, 2017}}
20. ^{{Cite news|url = https://techonomy.com/people/walter-de-brouwer/|title = Walter De Brouwer|date = 8 November 2014|work = Techonomy}}
21. ^Chairman of RSA Europe Fellowship
22. ^{{Cite news|url = https://venturebeat.com/2019/02/03/millennials-may-be-the-last-generation-to-know-so-little-about-their-health/|title = Millennials may be the last generation to know so little about their health|last = De Brouwer|first = Walter|date = 3 February 2019|work = VentureBeat}}
23. ^{{Cite news|url = http://www.huffingtonpost.com/walter-de-brouwer/i-am-the-greatest_b_4931816.html|title = I. Am. The Greatest.|last = De Brouwer|first = Walter|date = 9 March 2014|work = The Huffington Post|access-date = 9 January 2015}}
24. ^{{Cite news|url = http://techonomy.com/2014/11/people-taking-world/|title = How the People Are Taking Over the World|last = De Brouwer|first = Walter|date = 8 November 2014|work = Techonomy|access-date = 9 January 2015}}
25. ^{{Cite news|url = http://techonomy.com/2014/12/techonomys-read-articles-2014/|title = Techonomy’s Most-Read Articles of 2014|date = 31 December 2014|work = Techonomy|access-date = 9 January 2015}}

External links

  • "I. Am. The Greatest" article by Walter De Brouwer.
  • "How the People Are Taking Over the World" article by Walter De Brouwer.
  • [https://www.wsj.com/video/medical-devices-allow-you-to-check-vitals-at-home/85CFDCEC-8127-4C00-AE65-468B02713F57.html/ "Medical Devices Allow You to Check Vitals at Home"] Wall Street Journal D Live Conference video interview.
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