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Robert Swirsky (born December, 1962, Brooklyn, NY) is a computer scientist, author, and pianist. In the early 1980s, Swirsky was one of the first regular contributors to the nascent computer magazine industry. His articles appeared in magazines ranging from Popular Computing, Kilobaud Microcomputing, and Interface Age to Creative Computing.〔(Index of Creative Computing articles by Robert Swirsky )〕 Robert Swirsky holds bachelor's and master's degrees in computer science from Hofstra University, and is one of Hofstra's (Alumni of Distinction ). At Hofstra University, he met VOIP pioneer Jeff Pulver who attended Hofstra as an undergraduate student . After graduating, he worked on projects ranging from aircraft avionics to one of the first all-software digital radio receivers for a VLF submarine application. In 1989, Swirsky moved to California, and joined Olivetti Advanced Technology's Unix group. He was a frequent speaker at Uniforum, Usenix, and other Unix shows, and hosted parties where he entertained people with song parodies about the Unix computer operating system, some of which were featured in a special Evatone Soundsheet issue of ''Interface Age'' magazine.〔(PopCult Magazine )〕 Mr. Swirsky studied music and piano at Hofstra University with professor Morton Estrin. After Olivetti, Swirsky went to Adobe Systems and was a member of the core PostScript team, and the team that developed the first versions of Photoshop for Microsoft Windows, including Win32s on Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.11. His work made him a participant in many industry standards committees, such as TWAIN, and was a frequent speaker and contributor at ACM SIGGRAPH events and meetings. Before leaving Adobe in 1998, he worked with Will Harvey on HTML rendering technology. ==The Disney years== In 1998, Robert Swirsky started working for Walt Disney Imagineering R&D as Director, Creative technology,〔(Theme Park Photo, LLC )〕 under Bran Ferren, developing electronic games and digital imaging systems. He developed technology to play interactive games synchronized with live television shows, and electronic toys including (Disney's Magical Moments Pin ). Digital Photography projects included systems to synchronize picture taking with ride vehicles, and active infrared badges to identify picture-takers. Mr. Swirsky was a major technical contributor to ABC's Enhanced TV,〔(Walt Disney Imagineering )〕 an Emmy Award winning technology that allows television viewers to play along with game shows, sporting events, and answer live polls during talk shows. Swirsky's interactive media research also involved working with nerdcore rapper Monzy, then an intern at Walt Disney Imagineering, on a variety of cutting edge display technologies, including the display of digital data on a spherical surface. Mr. Swirsky continues to work as a consultant for the themed entertainment industry, for Disney and other amusement enterprises.〔 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「Robert Swirsky」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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