Background
Garfinkel, Simson L. was born on July 12, 1965 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Marvin and Marian (Schwartz) Garfinkel.
Garfinkel, Simson L. was born on July 12, 1965 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Marvin and Marian (Schwartz) Garfinkel.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987; Bachelor of Science in Polit Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987; Bachelor of Science in Humanities, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987; Master of Science in Journalism, Columbia University, 1988; postdoctoral, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, since 1990.
Researcher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Laboratory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1985-1987; researcher, Weizmann Institute Science, Rehovof, Israel, 1986; researcher, Brown U., Providence, 1987; freelance writer, Cambridge, 1987-1989; journalist, The Christian Science Monitor, Cambridge, 1989-1990. Consultant Polaroid Research laboratories, Cambridge, 1987-1990.
Member Student Information Processing Board, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Society Professional Journalists (Mark of Excellence award 1988), Association Computing Machinery.