Deborah Estrin

Computer scientist and academic researcher

Deborah Estrin - Computer scientist and academic researcher
Born

December 6th, 1959
65 years ago

Category

Scientists & Innovators

Country

United States

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A prominent computer scientist and academic researcher, contributions focus on the development and application of technology for health and wellness. Served as a professor at the University of Southern California and later at Cornell Tech. Estrin co-founded the non-profit organization Open mHealth, which aims to create an open data architecture for mobile health applications. Early involvement in the development of the Internet led to significant advances in networked systems and health applications.

Co-founded Open mHealth

Served as a professor at Cornell Tech

Contributed to networked systems technology

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