Shai Simonson

Shai Simonson, Ph.D (b. 1958) is professor emeritus of computer science at Stonehill College. At various times, he has taught gym, science, mathematics, and computer science to students from first grade through graduate school all over the world. Shai was the director of ADUni, which offers free computer science lectures to students all over the world, especially in developing countries. He plays go and bridge, dabbles with poker and Scrabble, loves to hike, cycle, bowl, sing, and play disc-golf. Shai grew up in New York, spent ten years in Chicago, and now makes his home in the Boston area. He spent two years (1983 and 1999) teaching and doing research in Israel. He is married with three children.

His new book Looking for Math in All the Wrong Places is now available.