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Ramez Naam is a professional technologist and science fiction writer. He was involved in the development of widely used software products such as Microsoft Internet Explorer and Microsoft Outlook. His last role at Microsoft was as a Partner Group Program Manager in Search Relevance for Live Search. He was the CEO of Apex Nanotechnologies, a company involved in developing nanotechnology research software before returning to Microsoft.〔(Ramez Naam at CrunchBase )〕 Naam currently holds a seat on the advisory board of the Acceleration Studies Foundation, is a member of the World Future Society, a Senior Associate of the Foresight Institute, and a fellow of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies.〔(Ramez Naam )〕〔(Ramez Naam - biography, plus book reviews & excerpts )〕 He is the author of ''More Than Human: Embracing the promise of biological enhancement'', which reviews new technologies and makes a case for embracing human enhancement, showing readers how new technologies are powerful new tools in humanity’s quest to improve ourselves, our offspring and our world. Naam is also the recipient of the 2005 HG Wells Award for Contributions to Transhumanism, awarded by the World Transhumanist Association.〔(Ramez Naam wins 2005 HG Wells Award for Contributions to Transhumanism )〕 Naam began publishing science fiction in 2012, with ''Nexus'', from Angry Robot Books. It centers around an experimental nano-drug by that name. ''Nexus'' won the 2014 Prometheus Award. It is the first of a trilogy, the other two books are ''Crux'' (2013) and ''Apex'' (2015). In 2013, Naam published ''The Infinite Resource: The Power of Ideas on a Finite Planet''. He holds 19 patents in areas of email, web browsing, search, and artificial intelligence.〔(Ramez Naam - About )〕 In 2014, he was nominated for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.〔("2014 Hugo Awards" at LonCon 3 site )〕 == Bibliography == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ramez Naam」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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