2015 Distinguished Alumni Award
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
John E. Resig
BS '09
Just about any time you navigate the internet, you encounter John Resig's work, whether you know it or not. John is the creator of the jQuery JavaScript library. He has also contributed to numerous other JavaScript libraries including Processing.js, Env.js, Sizzle.js, and QUnit. He is the author of the books Pro JavaScript Techniques and Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja.
Resig has transformed the way that developers look at creating JavaScript for their personal or corporate websites. Leading sites like Google, Microsoft, Apple, Nokia and thousands of others manage and simplify their JavaScript using jQuery. John also contributed to research done at the Center for Discovery Informatics at RIT, primarily in Instant Messaging (Project: IMSCAN). In recognition of the revolutionary and global impact of his work, John was inducted into the first RIT Innovation Hall of Fame in 2010.
John is currently the Dean of Computer Science at Khan Academy where he is leading an innovative project, Khan Academy Computer Science, a new platform that targets people with no programming knowledge and gives them an engaging and fun environment to learn in. The program emphasizes creativity and exploration and makes computer science approachable for people of all ages, including young kids.
While at RIT, he was a resident of the Computer Science House and was named House Member of the Year during his sophomore year. With concentrations in economics and psychology, he had the opportunity to work with Professor Ankur Teredesai on data mining instant messaging networks and published two papers on the topic. Additionally he worked with Professor Jon Schull on exploring new ways of encouraging real-time online collaboration.
The opportunities that RIT presented in learning from fellow students in Computer Science House and from collaborating with professors have greatly influenced John's drive to continue learning in his career and beyond. It is not surprising, then, that John is currently pursuing more knowledge, serving as a Visiting Researcher at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto where he is working on the study of Ukiyo-e (Japanese Woodblock printing), applying his programming expertise to create a comprehensive woodblock print database and image search engine (found at: http://ukiyo-e.org).
2015 Distinguished Alumni Award
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
John E. Resig
BS '09
Just about any time you navigate the internet, you encounter John Resig's work, whether you know it or not. John is the creator of the jQuery JavaScript library. He has also contributed to numerous other JavaScript libraries including Processing.js, Env.js, Sizzle.js, and QUnit. He is the author of the books Pro JavaScript Techniques and Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja.
Resig has transformed the way that developers look at creating JavaScript for their personal or corporate websites. Leading sites like Google, Microsoft, Apple, Nokia and thousands of others manage and simplify their JavaScript using jQuery. John also contributed to research done at the Center for Discovery Informatics at RIT, primarily in Instant Messaging (Project: IMSCAN). In recognition of the revolutionary and global impact of his work, John was inducted into the first RIT Innovation Hall of Fame in 2010.
John is currently the Dean of Computer Science at Khan Academy where he is leading an innovative project, Khan Academy Computer Science, a new platform that targets people with no programming knowledge and gives them an engaging and fun environment to learn in. The program emphasizes creativity and exploration and makes computer science approachable for people of all ages, including young kids.
While at RIT, he was a resident of the Computer Science House and was named House Member of the Year during his sophomore year. With concentrations in economics and psychology, he had the opportunity to work with Professor Ankur Teredesai on data mining instant messaging networks and published two papers on the topic. Additionally he worked with Professor Jon Schull on exploring new ways of encouraging real-time online collaboration.
The opportunities that RIT presented in learning from fellow students in Computer Science House and from collaborating with professors have greatly influenced John's drive to continue learning in his career and beyond. It is not surprising, then, that John is currently pursuing more knowledge, serving as a Visiting Researcher at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto where he is working on the study of Ukiyo-e (Japanese Woodblock printing), applying his programming expertise to create a comprehensive woodblock print database and image search engine (found at: http://ukiyo-e.org).