Apple Technology Review, Fall 1997: Spotlight

About the Author

Born in Los Angeles, but having nearly fully recovered, Daniel Russell is the manager of the Knowledge Management Technologies laboratory in Apple's Advanced Technology Group (ATG). In this capacity, he coordinates the research efforts of five areas (Intelligent Systems, Spoken Language, User Experience, Interaction Design, and Information Technology) providing an amalgamating, integrative direction to the research as a whole. History will show if amalgamating integration is desirable.

Earlier at Apple, he managed the User Experience Research group and was a member of the Intelligent Systems program.

Prior to joining Apple in 1993, Dan was a Member of the Research Staff at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) in the User Interface Research group studying uses of information visualization techniques.

In addition to his day job, Dan is an adjunct lecturer on the Engineering and Computer Science faculty of the University of Santa Clara, and teaches special topics classes in Artificial Intelligence at Stanford University.

Dr. Russell received his B.S. in Information and Computer Science from U.C. Irvine, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from the University of Rochester. While at Rochester, he specialized in Artificial Intelligence, but was inexorably drawn to natural intelligence as well, pursuing research in the neuropsychology of laterality, cognitive models of apraxia and aphasia, coordinated motor movements and computer vision.

When not delving into the arcane and eldritch mysteries of management within Apple, or pursing his own research agenda, Dan can be found running trails of the Santa Cruz mountains, bicycling the roads of same, or practicing the piano. He has been known to run marathons and compose music, but usually not at the same time.