As a teenager, he worked for Oldsmobile and Burroughs Computer Corporation, where he learned to program. Grier was raised in Detroit, contemporaneously with the actor David Alan Grier. He was the recipient of the 2009 George Washington Award for Contributions to the University and was the 2013 President of the Computer Society of the IEEE. At the University, he served as Director of University Honors, Assistant Dean of Engineering and Associate Dean of International Affairs. He is also a member of the Institute for International Science & Technology Policy of the George Washington University. Djaghe, LLC works with clients in the United States along with Asia, Europe and South America, on topics dealing with technology and trade issues. He is also the technology principal for the Washington-based consulting firm Djaghe, LLC, alongside his wife, Jean Heilman Grier. In 2013, he was made a Fellow of the IEEE for his contributions to the field of Crowdsourcing. These podcasts were eventually published as the book Crowdsourcing for Dummies. Between 20, he prepared a series of podcasts on the organization and operation of crowdsourcing. The book focussed on the story of the Mathematical Tables Project, which was a New Deal agency that hired unemployed clerks and laborers to calculate higher mathematical functions. His book When Computers Were Human explored early want of using massed labor to process data and showed that most of the ideas of crowdsourcing predated the internet. Grier is considered an expert on the concept of crowdsourcing and the future of the work force on an international scale. It is co-hosted by Tamara Carleton of the Innovation Board. He is also the Executive Producer and Chief Writer of the weekly podcast "How We Manage Stuff." Backed by a team of talented actors, the podcast attempts to take an insightful and yet humorous look at the issues of technology, organization, innovation, work, and creativity. He also writes the monthly column "CS David" for the Communications of the Chinese Computing Federation. A series of podcasts also entitled "Errant Hashtag" discusses the correlation of technology, management, organization, and the society at large. He writes the column Errant Hashtag for the IEEE magazine Computer. Publications include The Company We Keep. As a professor, his area of expertise includes globalization, international standardization, scientific institutions, and the history of science. He is associate professor of international science and technology policy and international affairs at George Washington University. ![]() ![]() Writer, Technology Commentator, Associate ProfessorÄavid Alan Grier is a writer active in the field of technology and social policy.
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