John Cohn
Dr John Cohn | |
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 John Cohn giving a talk at TEDx Delft in 2013. | |
| Born | February 9, 1959 |
| Occupation(s) | IBM Fellow and Computer Engineer |
| Spouse | Diane Mariano[1] |
| Children | Max, Sam (Died 2006), Gabe |
John Maxwell Cohn (born February 9, 1959) is an American engineer. Cohn is best known as the engineer scientist in the Discovery Channel TV show, The Colony.[2] He is an IBM Fellow in at the MIT-IBM Watson AI Laboratory. Previous to that John was Chief Scientist of the Internet of Things division.[3] He holds an undergraduate electrical engineering degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as well as a doctoral degree from Carnegie Mellon University. Cohn has authored over 40 papers and has more than 120 worldwide patents.[3][4]
Cohn's presentation concerning electricity, entitled Jolts and Volts, has been performed for more than 50,000 students world wide, including performances at Walt Disney World, and the New York Hall of Science.[5][6]
In October 2013 Cohn was a presenter at a TEDx conference. TEDxDelft 2013 was themed "Do try this at home" and Cohn's talk was titled "The importance of play".[7][8]
References[edit]
- ^ "The Colony: John Cohn's Top Tens List" Archived 2012-01-30 at the Wayback Machine, which references his wife by name.
- ^ James, Megan. "Engineering Evangelist". Seven Days. Da Capo Publishing. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
- ^ a b "Brief Bio". johncohn.org. 20 January 2008. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
- ^ "John Cohn IBM Fellow". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
- ^ "John Cohn The Computer Engineer". dsc.discovery.com. Archived from the original on April 16, 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
- ^ "John Cohn: ECE Alumnus, IBM Fellow & Role Model". Electrical and Computer Engineering. August 13, 2007. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
- ^ "TEDxDelft 2013". TEDxDelft 2013. TEDx. 4 October 2013. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
- ^ "The importance of play: John Cohn at TEDxDelft". Watch "The importance of play: John Cohn at TEDxDelft" Video at TEDxTalks. TEDx. December 19, 2013. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
External links[edit]
Media related to John Cohn at Wikimedia Commons- Presenting at Cusp Conference 2009 (video)
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