Piotr Woźniak (researcher)
Piotr A. Woźniak (Polish pronunciation: [pjɔtr ˈvɔʑɲak]; born 1962) is a Polish researcher best known for his work on SuperMemo, a learning system based on spaced repetition.[1][2]
Piotr A. Woźniak | |
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Born | March 1962 (age 58) |
Nationality | Polish |
Known for | SuperMemo |
Academic background | |
Education | |
Thesis | Economics of Learning: New Aspects in Designing Modern Computer Aided Self-Instruction Systems (1995) |
Doctoral advisor | Witold Abramowicz |
Website | supermemo.guru |
Life
Woźniak was born in March 1962 in Milanówek, Poland.[2]
He began to develop his spaced-repetition software after struggling to retain course material as a student at the Poznań University of Technology in the 1980s.[1][3]
He received a doctorate from the Wrocław University of Economics in 1995. His doctoral dissertation was entitled Economics of Learning: New Aspects in Designing Modern Computer Aided Self-Instruction Systems.[2]
In addition to the theory of spaced repetition, his research interests include incremental reading and the optimization of sleep.[2][4]
He supports the idea of a single international auxiliary language, and for two years kept a diary in Esperanto.[1]
Partial bibliography
- Woźniak, Piotr A., and Krzysztof Biedalak (1992). 'The SuperMemo Method: Optimization of Learning'. Informatyka, 10, pp. 1–9.
- Woźniak, Piotr A., and Edward J. Gorzelanczyk (1994). 'Optimization of Repetition Spacing in the Practice of Learning'. Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis, 54, pp. 59–62.
References
- Wolf, Gary (2008). "Want to Remember Everything You'll Ever Learn? Surrender to This Algorithm". Wired. Archived from the original on 26 October 2015.
- "Piotr A. Wozniak, BIODATA". Supermemo.com. 2 January 2014. Archived from the original on 28 April 2019.
- Carey, Benedict (2014). How We Learn. New York: Random House.
- Szynalski, Tomasz P. "Me and Piotr Wozniak". Antimoon.com.