“Apple co-founder Steve ‘Woz’ Wozniak is set to join the University of Technology, Sydney, in December as an adjunct professor,” Eryk Bagshaw reports for The Sydney Morning Herald.
“He will become a key part of the UTS ‘Magic Lab,’ the university’s centre for innovation and enterprise research, which conducts research into robotics and artificial intelligence,” Bagshaw reports. “Mr Wozniak invented the first Apple computer in 1976 out of a garage in Palo Alto, California, with co-founder Steve Jobs.”
“The appointment of Mr Wozniak as an adjunct professor is the first of its kind he has accepted at any university in the world,” Bagshaw reports. “The coup was hailed by UTS Deputy Vice-Chancellor Glenn Wightwick. ‘It’s hard to imagine a more iconic mentor for UTS students than one of the most influential technology pioneers of the modern era,’ Professor Wightwick said.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Good luck ands have fun, Woz!
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Lynn Weiler” for the heads up.]
Woz in Oz!
He always woz a little upside down anyway.
That … is so random… 🙂 All he does these days is eat barbeque and eat barbeque with his dogs, right?
well, throwing a shrimp on the barby is likely more healthy than pork or beef, maybe he will lose weight and get healthy down there, in addition to having fun and making a contribution to computer science down under.
besides, how can one possibly go wrong by following butch cassidys observation that, “next time i say lets go someplace like australia, lets go someplace like australia” !
Well, don’t let the door hit you on the ass on your way out.
Enjoy real beer for a change.
The beer really is better there.
You must have never been to Oregon.
Part of the equipment necessary to perform the job of adjunct professor is a push broom and a dust pan.
It might be a bit different in the States. On Oz an
Adjunct – is a person who is not a member of the University staff but who makes regular and significant contributions to the teaching, research or scholarship of the University.
Adjuncts may be:
Previous members of staff who maintain their association with the University
Industry or international collaborators who work in partnership with the University
Staff from other institutions recognized for their contribution to the University
Adjuncts are expected to contribute to the activities of the University in areas that include:
providing specialist lectures and seminars
supervising research students
mentoring junior staff
encouraging networking arrangements for staff and students with industry and international partners
providing strategic advice to Divisional Pro Vice Chancellors, Directors Research Institutes and Centres, and Heads of Schools, and
assisting in collaborative research projects.
Ah the Internet– where awful people show up to spew hate without any fear of recourse.
FACT: No Woz = No Apple.
Woz was the engineer, Jobs was the salesman. Woz wrote Apple’s first BASIC and performed miracles with Apple’s floppy controllers which eventually turned into one of Apple’s first ASICs, the IWM (Integrated Woz Machine). I think he wrote their first DOS but I’m not sure about that.
A true legend in his own time.
I only hope Woz doesn’t wander over to Bondi beach in his swimsuit. If he does, I fear the Aussies will chase him back to America.
It’s not a full-time job. Unless he wants to migrate, he could spend less than 6 moths of the year on Oz. Woz could run across Marc Newson while at UTS: Marc (who usually works in the UK) is adjunct professor in design at Sydney College of the Arts (a short drive from the UTS in Sydney Central).
I’ve worked in Australia (at a studio near Brisbane) and it’s a great place to be and work. Love to go back. Woz will have a great time I’m sure.
Kept telling his wife to keep a lock on the medicine cabinet.
No seriously, it sounds like it will be fun for him.
Would he be as impressive lecturing upside down?
Good for him! I always thought he got the short end of the stick regarding Apple. It’s nice to see him get some recognition.
Is that the University of Woolamaloo? Is his name not Bruce then?
Get it right, it’s Woolloomooloo, an aboriginal word which is the place name of a central Sydney suburb.
Good for you Woz. Remember to have fun, share you knowledge and we’ll leave a light burning in the window for your return to your home.