Biografie (Eric Freeman)

Eric Freeman is a computer scientist with a passion for media and software architectures and coauthor of Head First Design Patterns. He just wrapped up four years at a dream job-- directing internet broadband and wireless efforts at Disney--and is now back to writing, creating cool software, and hacking Java and Macs.§Eric spent a lot of the '90s working on alternatives to the desktop metaphor with David Gelernter (and they re both still asking the question, "Why do I have to give a file a name?"). Based on this work, Eric landed a Ph.D. at Yale University in 1997. He also co-founded Mirror Worlds Technologies (now acquired) to create a commercial version of his thesis work, Lifestreams.§In a previous life, Eric built software for networks and supercomputers. §When he s not writing text or code you'll find him spending more time tweaking than watching his home theater and trying to restore a circa 1980s Dragon s Lair video game. He also wouldn t mind moonlighting as an electronica DJ.

Biografie (Elisabeth Robson)

Elisabeth Robson ist Software-Ingenieurin, Autorin und Trainerin. Ihre Technologieleidenschaft rührt schon aus ihren Studententagen an der Yale University, an der sie einen Master in Informatik erwarb und eine parallelisierte, visuelle Programmiersprache und Softwarearchitektur entwarf.

Biografie (Kathy Sierra)

Kathy Sierra , SCJP is a codeveloper of the SCJP exam and Sun's ePractice exam, and is a Sun Certified Java Instructor. She is the founder of javaranch.com, the world's largest Java community website.

Biografie (Bert Bates)

Bert Bates is a software developer, a Java instructor, and a co-developer of Sun's upcoming EJB exam (Sun Certified Business Component Developer). His background features a long stint in artificial intelligence, with clients like the Weather Channel, A&E Network, Rockwell, and Timken.