Tom's Activities
Tom is in great demand as a speaker, commentator, author, and educator. His many activities are inspired by his passion for making the world better through intelligent use of technology.
In his academic life, he is a Professor at the University of Calgary, appointed in the Faculty of Environmental Design, and as an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Computers Science. He also serves as Director of the University-wide Interdisciplinary Graduate Program. and from 1984-2008 he led the Shad Valley Calgary Program for Gifted Teenagers every summer.
Tom enjoys commenting on emerging technologies and their implications, and has been interviewed on just about every media outlet in Canada, ranging from CBC's The National and CTV's W5 to school newspapers. He has a particular interest in privacy and computer security issues, and taught Canada's first course on that subject on November 21, 1975. (Yes, back then you could cover everything important in Computer Security in one day!)
He writes a column every week, alternating between technology topics for The Business Edge and hot issues in Men's Health for The Calgary Herald and other Canwest Global newspapers. A prolific and powerful communicator, Tom has hundreds of academic papers, book chapters, and scholarly presentations to his credit. |
