Richard Harper is Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research in Cambridge. He has published nearly 90 papers, has numerous patents and is about to publish his 10th book, Texture: Communication in the 21st Century, (MIT Press). Amongst his prior books is the IEEE award winning The Myth of the Paperless Office (MIT Press, 2002), co-authored with Abi Sellen. Prior to joining MSR, Richard was director of various technology innovation companies, including The Appliance Studio and Social Shaping Research. In 2000 he was appointed the UK’s first Professor or Socio-Digital Systems, at the University of Surrey, England where he set up the Digital World Research Centre. He completed his Phd at Manchester in 1989, prior to joining Xerox EuroPARC in 1992. He lives in Cambridge with his wife and three children.
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