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Daniel J. Clancy
Clancy in 2009
Born (1964-01-11) January 11, 1964 (age 60)
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Texas at Austin
OccupationTechnologist
Websitedanclancy.me

Daniel J. Clancy (New Orleans, 11 January 1964) is an American technologist and computer scientist. He was the Engineering Director for Google Book Search from 2005 to early 2014.[1] From February 2014 he has worked for the social networking service Nextdoor.[2]

Life and work

Clancy received a BA in computer science and theatre from Duke University in 1985.[citation needed] He has a PhD in artificial intelligence from the University of Texas at Austin. While in school, Clancy later worked at Trilogy and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.[citation needed] Clancy was director of the Exploration Technologies Directorate at NASA Ames Research Center.[3]

Google

While working with Google, Clancy took an active role in the Google Book Search class action settlement, and has been a spokesperson for Google in public statements about the settlement.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ Website Dan Clancy, Febr. 2014
  2. ^ Website Dan Clancy, Febr. 2014
  3. ^ "Dan Clancy". Computer History Museum. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  4. ^ Interview with Clancy, Library Journal, May 1, 2009.
  5. ^ Article about the settlement, The New York Times, January 5, 2009.