David Gelernter is a professor of computer science at Yale University, chief scientist at Mirror Worlds Technologies, a contributing editor to The Weekly Standard, and a member of the National Council of the Arts. The author of eight books on topics ranging from poetry and artificial intelligence to aesthetics, technology, and computer science, Mr. Gelernter is also a widely published essayist on art, culture, politics, and Jewish thought. His latest book is Americanism: The Fourth Great Western Religion (Random House, 2007).

Experience

• Professor of Computer Science, Yale University, 1982-present
• Chief Scientist, Mirror Worlds Technologies
• Contributing Editor, The Weekly Standard
• Syndicated Essayist, New York Times Syndicate
• Board Member, National Endowment for the Arts
• Senior Fellow in Jewish Thought, Shalem Center, Jerusalem, 2005
• Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 2005
• Culture Columnist, New York Post, 1997

Education