“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.]