Bruce Damer
Education
University College Dublin
PhD, Computer Science 2008-01-01 - 2011-01-01
University of Southern California
MSEE, Electrical Engineering 1985-01-01 - 1987-01-01
University of Victoria
BSc., Computer Science 1982-01-01 - 1984-01-01
Thompson Rivers University
2 year degree, Computer Science 1980-01-01 - 1982-01-01Work Experience
Center for MINDS
Current
Center for MINDS
THE BIOTA INSTITUTE
Current
THE BIOTA INSTITUTE
University of California, Santa Cruz
Current
University of California, Santa Cruz
Digibarn Computer Museum
1998-12-01 - 2021-12-01
Digibarn Computer Museum
Elixir Technologies
2013-03-01 - 2018-10-01
Elixir Technologies
DigitalSpace Corporation
1996-03-01 - 2015-03-01
DigitalSpace Corporation
Contact Consortium
1995-03-01 - 2014-12-01
Contact Consortium
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
2000-01-01 - 2009-02-01
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Autolab Research
1994-10-01 - 1995-07-01
Autolab Research
IBM Canada Software Lab - Toronto
1984-05-01 - 1984-08-01
IBM Canada Software Lab - Toronto
Skills
Summary
Current interests: Chemical, geological and combinatorial complexity models for an origin of life in hot springs on Earth, testing models at volcanic field analogs (UC Santa Cruz, BIOTA Institute). Life starting on Mars and urable worlds. Spacecraft design for resource extraction from asteroids sustaining human presence in the Solar System (DigitalSpace, NASA, SHEP Project. Research on psychedelics & conscious practices for problem-solving insights (Center for MINDS). 2000s: Computing history (DigiBarn Computer Museum). 1990s: Pioneering research & organization of avatar virtual worlds (Contact Consortium). 1980s: optical computing research (IBM and University of Southern California) and early user interfaces (Elixir).
