Biography:Cal Newport
Cal Newport | |
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| Born | Calvin C. Newport |
| Education | Dartmouth College (BA) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MS, PhD) |
| Employer | Georgetown University |
| Website | calnewport |
Calvin C. Newport is an American nonfiction author and associate professor of computer science at Georgetown University.[1]
Background and education
Newport completed his undergraduate studies at Dartmouth College in 2004 and received a Ph.D. in computer science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2009 under Nancy Lynch.[2][3] He was a post-doctoral associate in the MIT computer science department from 2009-2011. His grandfather, John Newport, was a Baptist minister and theologian.[4]
Career
Newport joined Georgetown University as an assistant professor of computer science in 2011 and was granted tenure in 2017. His work focuses on distributed algorithms in challenging networking scenarios and incorporates the study of communications systems in nature.[5] Newport is currently Provost's Distinguished Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science[6] at Georgetown University and the author of eight books.[7]
Attention management
Newport started the Study Hacks blog in 2007 where he writes about "how to perform productive, valuable and meaningful work in an increasingly distracted digital age".[8]
Newport coined the term "deep work" in his book Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World (2016), which refers to studying for focused chunks of time without distractions such as email and social media.[9] He challenges the belief that participation in social media is important for career capital.[10]
In 2017, he began advocating for "digital minimalism."[11]
In 2021, he began referring to the role email and chat[12] play in what he calls "the hyperactive hive mind".[13]
Books
- How to Win at College (2005)
- How to Become a Straight-A Student (2006)
- How to Be a High-School Superstar (2010)
- So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion In The Quest For Work You Love (2012)
- Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World[14] (2016)
- Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World (2019)
- The Time-Block Planner (2020)
- A World Without Email (2021)
- The Time-Block Planner, 2e. (2023)
References
- ↑ "Penguin Random House: Cal Newport". 2023. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/59907/cal-newport/.
- ↑ Newport, Calvin (2009). Distributed Computation on Unreliable Radio Channels (PDF) (PhD dissertation). Massachusetts Institute of Technology (published August 7, 2009). hdl:1721.1/55120. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
- ↑ Newport, Calvin. Curriculum Vitae. https://people.csail.mit.edu/cnewport/pubs/CalvinNewportCV.pdf
- ↑ "The Newport Foundation | Who Was John Newport?" (in en-US). https://newportfoundation.com/who-was-john-newport.
- ↑ "Calvin Newport -- Georgetown University". http://people.cs.georgetown.edu/~cnewport/.
- ↑ "The dual careers of Cal Newport | MIT EECS". https://www.eecs.mit.edu/node/6896.
- ↑ "Cal Newport - Author of Deep Work, Study Hacks Blog" (in en). https://www.calnewport.com/.
- ↑ "Study Hacks - Decoding Patterns of Success - Cal Newport". http://calnewport.com/blog/.
- ↑ Evans, Lisa (2016-01-21). "Finding Your Focus Through 'Deep Work'" (in en). https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/269805.
- ↑ Newport, Cal (2016-11-19). "Quit Social Media. Your Career May Depend on It." (in en-US). The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/20/jobs/quit-social-media-your-career-may-depend-on-it.html.
- ↑ "Facebook Phreaks and the Fight to Reclaim Time and Attention - Study Hacks - Cal Newport" (in en). February 13, 2017. http://calnewport.com/blog/2017/02/13/facebook-phreaks-and-the-fight-to-reclaim-time-and-attention/.
- ↑ Newport, Cal (February 26, 2021). "E-mail Is Making Us Miserable" (in en-US). The New Yorker. https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/e-mail-is-making-us-miserable. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
- ↑ Newport, Cal (2021-03-04). "Had it with email? Give personal office hours a try" (in en-US). https://www.fastcompany.com/90610764/completely-had-it-with-email-give-personal-personal-office-hours-a-try.
- ↑ Newport, Cal (2016). Deep work. London. ISBN 978-0-349-41190-3. OCLC 920740925. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/920740925.
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