Cal Newport

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Cal Newport
Education Dartmouth College (BA)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MS, PhD)
Employer Georgetown University
Website calnewport.com

Calvin C. Newport is an American nonfiction author and full time professor of computer science at Georgetown University. [1]

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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, was granted tenure in 2017, and was promoted to full professorship in 2024. 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 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 used the term "deep work", that existed in a psychological [9] or religious sense [10] , in his book Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World (2016). Newport uses it to refer to studying or working for focused chunks of time without distractions such as email and social media. [11] He challenges the belief that participation in social media is important for career capital. [12]

In 2017, he began advocating for "digital minimalism." [13]

In 2021, he began referring to the role email and chat [14] play in what he calls "the hyperactive hive mind". [15]

His latest book is called Slow Productivity.

In addition to his blog and newsletter, he makes a regular podcast about productivity and knowledge working which is available audio only and as video on YouTube. [16]

Books

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References

  1. ↑ "Penguin Random House: Cal Newport". Penguin Random House. 2023. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
  2. ↑ 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 November 23, 2022.
  3. ↑ Newport, Calvin. Curriculum Vitae. https://people.csail.mit.edu/cnewport/pubs/CalvinNewportCV.pdf
  4. ↑ "The Newport Foundation | Who Was John Newport?" . Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Calvin Newport -- Georgetown University". people.cs.georgetown.edu.
  6. ↑ "The dual careers of Cal Newport | MIT EECS". www.eecs.mit.edu. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Cal Newport - Author of Deep Work, Study Hacks Blog". www.calnewport.com. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Study Hacks - Decoding Patterns of Success - Cal Newport". calnewport.com. Retrieved December 3, 2016.
  9. ↑ Ecker, Bruce. "Overt statements for deep work in grief therapy." Techniques of Grief Therapy. Routledge, 2012. 152-154.
  10. ↑ Douglas, Scott M. "Developing leaders for pastoral ministry." Journal of Applied Christian Leadership 8.2 (2014): 84-90.
  11. ↑ Evans, Lisa (January 21, 2016). "Finding Your Focus Through 'Deep Work'". Entrepreneur. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
  12. ↑ Newport, Cal (November 19, 2016). "Quit Social Media. Your Career May Depend on It". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved May 19, 2021.
  13. ↑ "Facebook Phreaks and the Fight to Reclaim Time and Attention - Study Hacks - Cal Newport". calnewport.com. February 13, 2017. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
  14. ↑ Newport, Cal (February 26, 2021). "E-mail Is Making Us Miserable". The New Yorker. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
  15. ↑ Newport, Cal (March 4, 2021). "Had it with email? Give personal office hours a try". Fast Company. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
  16. ↑ Newport, Cal (December 21, 2024). "Cal Newport". Youtube. Retrieved December 21, 2024.
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