Education
He received a Bachelor in Philosophy from Pembroke College, Cambridge, in 1983 and a Doctor of Philosophy in Cognitive Science from the University of Edinburgh in 1987.
He received a Bachelor in Philosophy from Pembroke College, Cambridge, in 1983 and a Doctor of Philosophy in Cognitive Science from the University of Edinburgh in 1987.
Jon lists three main strands to his research: intelligent labelling. Affect in communication (eg, in research on personality types in emails with Alastair Gill). And multimodal reasoning and communication (eg, in research with Keith Stenning on diagrammatic reasoning).
In March 2016 Oberlander was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland"s National Academy for science and letters, where he already serves as a member of their Young People"s committee.