Randy Pausch |
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Born | Randolph Frederick Pausch (1960-10-23)October 23, 1960
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
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Died | July 25, 2008(2008-07-25) (aged 47)
Chesapeake, Virginia, U.S. |
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Cause of death | Pancreatic cancer |
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Alma mater | Brown University B.S.'82, Carnegie Mellon University PhD.'88 |
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Known for | Creator of Alice software project Cofounder of CMU's Entertainment Technology Center virtual reality The Last Lecture |
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Spouse | Jai Glasgow |
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Children | 3 |
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Awards | Karl V.
Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education Award for Outstanding Contributions to Computer Science Education Fellow of the ACM Time's Time 100[1] |
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Scientific career |
Fields | Computer science Human–computer interaction |
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Institutions | Carnegie Mellon University University of Virginia |
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Doctoral advisor | Alf
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