David P. Anderson

Research Scientist
U.C. Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory
7 Gauss Way
Berkeley, CA 94720

Adjunct Professor
Computer Science Department
University of Houston
Houston, TX 77004

phone: 510 642-4921
email: davea [at] ssl.berkeley.edu

Dr. David P. Anderson received an MA in Mathematics and PhD in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. From 1985 to 1992 he served on the faculty of the U.C. Berkeley Computer Science Department. His research areas include volunteer computing, distributed systems, realtime and multimedia systems, graphics, computer music, and psychometrics applied to learning and aesthetic preference. Since 1998 he has directed SETI@home, a pioneering project in volunteer computing. In 2002 he founded the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC) project, which develops middleware for volunteer computing. He also directs Bossa (software for distributed thinking) and Bolt (software for web-based training and education).