Curriculum Vita
John Seely Brown is the Chief Scientist of Xerox Corporation and the Director of its Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). At Xerox, Brown has been deeply involved in the formation of corporate strategy and the company's positioning as The Document Company. He has expanded the role of corporate research to include such topics as organizational learning, ethnographies of the workplace, complex adaptive systems and techniques for unfreezing the corporate mind. His personal research interests include digital culture, ubiquitous computing, user-centering design and organizational and individual learning. A major focus of Brown's research over the years has been in human learning and in the management of radical innovation.
Dr. Brown is a co-founder of the Institute for Research on Learning, a non-profit institute for addressing the problems of lifelong learning. He is a member of the National Academy of Education and a Fellow of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence. He also serves on numerous advisory boards and boards of directors. He has published over 95 papers in scientific journals and was awarded the Harvard Business Review's 1991McKinsey Award for his article, "Research that Reinvents the Corporation." In 1997 he published the book "Seeing Differently: Insights on Innovation" by Harvard Business Review Books and is the co-author of the forthcoming "Social Life of Information" (HPS Press, Spring 2000). Brown was an executive producer for the award winning film "Art · Lunch · Internet · Dinner" which won a bronze at Worldfest '94, the Charleston International Film Festival. More recently, he has been awarded the 1998 Industrial Research Institute Medal for outstanding accomplishments in technological innovation and the 1999 Holland Award in recognition of the best paper published in Research Technology Management in 1998. He is the co-author of the forthcoming "Social Life of Information" (HBS Press, 2000).
Active Board Memberships:
Board of Directors, Polycom, Inc., 1999 -
Board of Directors, Varian Medical Systems, 1999 -
Board of Directors, Corning Incorporated, 1995 -
Board of Directors FX Palo Alto Laboratories, Incorporated 1995-
Board of Directors, General Instrument Corporation, 1993 -
Patents:
Document Copy Authentication. USP 5,157,726. October 1992.
Digital Imaging System using two-dimensional input sensor array and output light valve. USP 5,627,662. May 1997.
Method and apparatus for supplementing significant portions of a document selected without document image decoding with retrieved information. USP 5,748,805. September 1998.
Digital Highlight Color Copier. Patents pending.
Honors:
Distinguished Service Award, New School University, June 1998
Winner of the 1998 Industrial Research Institute Medal for outstanding accomplishments in technological innovation.
Winner of the Holland Award in recognition of the best paper published in Research Technology Management Magazine in 1998 ("Seeing Differently: A Role for Pioneering Research").
Judge, Harvard Business Review McKinsey Award, 1998.
Judge, Merrill Lynch Forum's Innovation Grants Competition, 1998, 1999.
Fellow, World Economic Forum, 1994 - 1998.
Bronze Medal: Ethnic/Cultural Film and Video Production 1994, Worldfest '94, The Charleston International Film Festival, for the videotape "Art * Lunch * Internet * Dinner."
Harvard Business Review 1991 McKinsey Award for the article "Research that Reinvents the Corporation."
Fellow, American Association for Artificial Intelligence, 1990.
Harvard Business School Service Award, 1998.
Active Advisory Boards
Board of Directors, National College of Ireland, 2000 -
General Motors, Science Advisory Committee, 1999
goColor.com, 1999
E. M. Warburg Pincus & Co, Inc., Technical Advisory Board, 1989 -
AT&T, Technical Advisory Board, 1999 -
Viant Corporation, Advisory Board, 1999 -
In-Q-Tel, Board of Trustees, 1999 –
American Association for Higher Education, 1997 -
NetLearn, Board of Advisors, 1999 -
Santa Clara University, Center for Science, Technology and Society Advisory Board
University of Michigan, Corporate Advisory Committee, College of Literature, Science & the Arts, 1998 -
Kent Ridge Digital Laboratories, International Review Board, Singapore, 1998 -
Animation Science Corporation, Technology Advisory Committee, Sunnyvale, CA. 1997 -
University of California at Berkeley, Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) - Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, Berkeley, CA. 1997 -
University of Virginia, Department of Computer Science Advisory Committee, Charlottesville, VA. 1996 -
Stanford University School of Engineering, Center for Work, Technology, and Organization, Stanford, CA. 1996 -
University of Michigan, School of Information Advisory Board, Ann Arbor, MI. 1996-
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Corporation, Corporation Visiting Committee for Architecture and Media Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, MA. 1995 -
New School for Social Research, Information Technology Advisory Board, New York, NY. 1995-
University of Michigan, President's Advisory Group, Ann Arbor, MI, 1993 -
Active Editorial Boards (Professional Journals):
Sloan Management Review
Reflections: The Journal of the Society for Organizational Learning
Learning in Doing series, J.S. Brown and R. Pea (Eds.), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.
Special Activities:
Congressional Testimony, "Computers in a Learning Society," before the Committee on Science and Technology, Washington, DC, October 1977.
Guest on MacNeil-Lehrer Report: Computers in the Classroom, July 8, 1982.
Member of Research Briefing Panel for White House Science Advisors on Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, June 27 - 28, 1983.
Co-chairman, Research Briefing Panel on Information Technology in PreCollege Education, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, August 1984.
Congressional Testimony, "The Impact of the Information Age on the Conduct and Communications of Science," before the Committee on Science and Technology, Washington, DC, September 1985.
Congressional Testimony, "Capitalizing on the Nation's Knowledge: Making Use of What We Know," before the Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, Washington, DC, 15 September 1989.
Education:
B.A. (Mathematics and Physics), Brown University, 1962
M.S. (Mathematics), University of Michigan, 1964
Ph.D. (Computer and Communication Sciences), University of Michigan, 1972
Professional Experience:
Corporate Vice President, Xerox Corporation andDirector, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, 1990 - present
Chief Scientist, Xerox Corporation, 1992 - present
Vice President, Advanced Research, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, 1986 - 1990
I was responsible for setting the long-term research directions at PARC and for establishing a congruence between corporate strategy and research. I created a new research focus involving the structure and use of documents and redirected many of the research programs. I was engaged in the strategic repositioning of basic research within Xerox.
Associate Director, Institute for Research on Learning, 1986 -1990
I played a major role in the founding of this non-profit institute, which is intended to provide a scientific basis for addressing the problems of lifelong learning.
Director, Intelligent Systems Laboratory, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) 1984 - 1986
I established this multidisciplinary laboratory of approximately 75 researchers in order to build robust intelligent systems informed by a serious study of both natural and artificial intelligence. I also started the AI business unit for Xerox and helped direct its software and hardware efforts. I expanded my personal research into the development of a qualitative calculus for problem solving in physics with Johan de Kleer and the development of new technologies for enhancing collaborative work with Richard Burton.
Principal Scientist, Cognitive and Instructional Sciences, Palo Alto Research Center 1978 - 1984
I founded a research group to investigate how people understand and use complex systems. In collaboration with Kurt van Lehn, I developed Repair Theory, a formal theory for prediction and explanation of bugs in children's arithmetic. In collaboration with Johan de Kleer, I developed a computational framework for the representation of mental models, qualitative reasoning and envisioning.
Senior Scientist, Bolt Beranek and Newman 1973 - 1978
I established the ICAI Group. This group developed novel learning environments using AI techniques for hypothesis evaluation, diagnosis and question answering. With Richard Burton I designed and constructed SOPHIE, a system for teaching electronic troubleshooting, WEST, the first computer-based coach, and BUGGY, a system for diagnosing procedural errors in elementary mathematics. Each of these systems turned on inventing efficient computational mechanisms for logical inference.
Assistant Professor, University of California, Irvine, joint appointment in the Departments of Computer Science and Psychology 1969 - 1973
I developed a graduate program that focused on AI, formal models of Computer Science, and Cognitive Science. I developed a technique for qualitatively modeling physical processes using finite state machine theory.
Past Board Memberships
Board of Directors, Varian Associates Inc., 1998 - 1999.
Board of Directors, Xerox Imaging Systems, 1992 - 1993.
Board of Directors, Wilson Learning Corporation, 1987 - 1988.
Board of Directors, WordStar International Corporation, 1983 - 1990.
Research & Development Board Member, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1987 - 1988.
Past Advisory Boards
Institute for Research on Learning, Advisory Council, Menlo Park, CA, 1988-2000.
Wharton School Information Management Initiatives (IMI) Advisory Board, 1999.
Stanford Learning Laboratory Advisory Board, 1998.
InfoWorld Futures Project (IFP) Advisory Board, San Mateo, CA. 1997 - 1998.
Digital Projects Lab (DPL), MIT Press, Cambridge, MA. 1997.
California Citizens Commission on Higher Education, Center for Government Studies, Los Angeles, CA. 1996 - 1999.
Advanced Research Directions Committee, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA. 1995.
Information Design Association, New York, NY.
Member, Executive Committee, Institute for International Studies. 1995-96.
International Advisory Committee (IAC) of the Information Technology Institute, Singapore, 1994 - 1998.
Advisory Committee to the Council on Competitiveness, Washington, DC.
International Review Board (IRB) of the Institute of Systems Science, Singapore, 1994 - 1998.
Carnegie Mellon University Computer Science Advisory Board, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
Editorial Advisory Committee, Harvard Business School Publishing Corporation, Boston, MA, 1993 -1996.
Computer Science Visiting Committee, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, 1993 - 1995.
Maxis Advisory Board, Orinda, CA, 1993 - 1995.
Advisory Committee Center for Advanced Medical Informatics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, 1992 - 1995.
Advisory Board, Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), An International Journal, Dordrecht, Netherlands.
Stanford University Computer Science Department Visiting Committee, Stanford, CA 1991 - 1994.
National Advisory Board, Center for Research on the Context of Secondary School Teaching, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 1989 - 1993.
Advisory Board, Center on Technology in Education, Bank Street College, New York, NY, 1988 - 1993.
Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, National Research Council Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Resources, Washington, DC, 1988 - 1991.
Advisory Board, Institute for the Mind of the Child, The National Learning Center, Washington, DC.
Advisory Board, Institute for Learning Technologies, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY.
Editorial Advisory Board, AI Expert, CL Publications, San Francisco, CA.
Advisory Board, San Francisco World Center, San Francisco, CA, 1987 - 1988.
Editorial Advisory Board, Technology and Learning Newsletter, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. Publishers, Hillsdale, NJ, 1986 - 1990.
Xerox Experts Program, Xerox Corporate Headquarters, Stamford, CT, 1986 - 1987.
National Advisory Committee, Division of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1985 - 1990.
Executive Council, American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), Menlo Park, CA 1985 - 1990.
Presidential Advisory Committee on Computers in Education, Brown University, Providence, RI, 1984 - 1987
Professional Societies:
American Physical Society
American Association for Artificial Intelligence
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Association for Computing Machinery
International Academy of Management
National Academy of Education
Past Editorial Boards:
Artificial Intelligence Human-Computer Interaction
Journal of Educational Computing Research Computational Models of Cognition and Perception
Cognitive Psychology, Journal of Children's Mathematical Behavior
Cognitive Science
Cognition and Instruction
International Journal of Man-Machine Studies
Publications
Books
Intelligent Tutoring Systems, D. Sleeman and J.S. Brown (Eds.), London, England: Academic Press, Ltd., 1982.
Intelligent Tutoring Systems (Japanese translation), D. Sleeman and J.S. Brown (Eds.), 1987.
Seeing Differently: Insights on Innovation, J.S. Brown (Ed.), Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Publishing, 1997.
Ergebnis Innovation: Die Velt mit anderen Augen sehen, John Seely Brown and Bolko v. Oetinger (Eds.), Munich, Germany: Carl Hanser Verlag, 1988.
The Social Life of Information, John Seely Brown and Paul Duguid, Harvard Business School Press, to be published February 2000.
Papers, Articles, Chapters, Proceedings
Computer Simulation of Perceptual Motor Skills, J.W. Gyr, W. Ash, J.S. Brown, R. Willey and A. Zivian, Perceptual Motor Skills, Vol. 23, 793-794, 1966.
Computer Simulation and Psychological Theories of Perception, J.W. Gyr, J.S. Brown, R. Willey and A. Zivian, Psychological Bulletin, Vol. 65, 174-192, 1966.
Quasi-formal Models of Inductive Behavior and Their Relation to Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Stages, J.W. Gyr, J.S. Brown, and A.C. Cafagna, Psychological Review, Vol. 74, 272-290, 1967.
Steps Toward Automatic Theory Formation, J.S. Brown, Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 1973.
A Model-Driven Question Answering System for Mixed-initiative Computer Assisted Instruction, J.S. Brown, R.R. Burton and F. Zdybel, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, SMC-3, May 1973.
Pragmatic Uses of Artificial Intelligence in CAI, J.S. Brown, R. Burton, Proceedings of National Association for Computing Machinery, Nov. 1974.
SOPHIE: A Step Toward Creating a Reactive Learning Environment, J.S. Brown, R. Burton, A. Bell, International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, Vol. 7, 1975.
Multiple Representations of Knowledge for Tutorial Reasoning, J.S. Brown, R. Burton, in D.G. Bobrow and A.M. Collins (Eds.), Representation & Understanding: Studies in Cognitive Science, New York: Academic Press, 1975.
A Computerized Scoring System for Use with Content Analysis Scales, L.A. Gottschalk, C. Hausmann, J.S. Brown, Comprehensive Psychiatry, Vol. 16, No. 1, Jan./Feb. 1975. (Also appeared as a chapter in L.A. Gottschalk (Ed.), The Content Analysis of Verbal Behavior: Further Studies, New York: Spectrum Publications, Inc. 1979.)
Systematic Understanding: Synthesis, Analysis and Contingent Knowledge in Specialized Understanding Systems, R.J. Bobrow and J.S. Brown, in D.G. Bobrow and A.M. Collins (Eds.), Representation & Understanding: Studies in Cognitive Science, New York: Academic Press, 1975.
A Tutoring and Student Modeling Paradigm for Gaming Environments, R. Burton and J.S. Brown, Proceedings for the Symposium on Computer Science and Education, Anaheim, CA, February 1976.
Uses of Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computer Technology in Education, J.S. Brown in R.J. Seidel, M.L. Rubin (Eds), Computers and Communications: Implications for Education, New York: Academic Press, Inc., 1977.
Some Comments on Building Habitable Knowledge-Based Systems, J.S. Brown, Proceedings of the Fifth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, August 1977.
Representing and Using Procedural Bugs for Educational Purposes, J.S. Brown, R. Burton, C. Hausmann, Proceedings of National Association for Computing Machinery, October 1977.
Computers in a Learning Society, J.S. Brown, I.P. Goldstein, Testimony for the House Science and Technology Subcommittee on Domestic and International Planning, Analysis, and Cooperation, October 1977.
A Paradigmatic Example of an Artificially Intelligent Instructional System, J.S. Brown, R. Burton, International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, Vol. 10, 1978.
Artificial Intelligence and Learning Strategies, J.S. Brown, A. Collins, G. Harris, in H.F. O'Neil, Jr. (Ed.), Learning Strategies, New York: Academic Press Inc., 1978.
Diagnostic Models for Procedural Bugs in Basic Mathematical Skills, J.S. Brown, R.R. Burton, Cognitive Science, 2 (2), 1978.
Aspects of a Theory of Simplification, Debugging, and Coaching, G. Fischer, J.S. Brown and R.R. Burton, Proceedings of the Second National Conference of the Canadian Society for Computing, 1978.
The Computer as a Personal Assistant for Learning, J.S. Brown and I.P. Goldstein in J. Lochhead and J. Clement (Eds.), Cognitive Process Instruction, Philadelphia, PA: The Franklin Institute Press, 1979.
Toward a Natural-language Capability for Computer Assisted Instruction, R.R. Burton and J.S. Brown, Procedures for Instructional Systems Development, Academic Press, 1979.
An Investigation of Computer Coaching for Informal Learning Activities, R.R. Burton and J.S. Brown, International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, Vol. 11, January 1979.
Inference in Text Understanding, A.M. Collins, J.S. Brown, K.M. Larkin, in R.J. Spiro, B.C. Bruce, and W.F. Brewer (Eds.), Theoretical Issues in Reading Comprehension, Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., 1980.
Planning Nets: A Representation for Formalizing Analogies and Semantic Models of Procedural Skills, K. VanLehn and J.S. Brown, in R.E. Snow, P.A. Frederico, and W.E. Montague (Eds.), Aptitude Learning and Instruction Volume 2: Cognitive Process Analyses of Learning and Problem Solving, Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., 1980.
Repair Theory: A Generative Theory of Bugs in Procedural Skills, J.S. Brown, K. VanLehn, Cognitive Science 4, Vol. 4, 1980.
Towards a Theory of Qualitative Reasoning About Mechanisms, J. de Kleer and J.S. Brown in J. Rasmussen and W.B. Rouse (Eds.), Human Detection and Diagnosis of System Failures, New York: Plenum Press, 1981.
Mental Models of Physical Mechanisms and Their Acquisition, J. de Kleer and J.S. Brown in J.R. Anderson (Ed.), Cognitive Skills and Their Acquisition, Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., 1981.
Pedagogical, Natural Language and Knowledge Engineering Techniques in Sophie I, II, and III, J.S. Brown, R.R. Burton and J. de Kleer in D. Sleeman and J.S. Brown (Eds.), Intelligent Tutoring Systems, London, England: Academic Press, 1982.
Towards a Generative Theory of Bugs, J.S. Brown and K. VanLehn in T. Carpenter, J. Moser, T. Romberg, and (Eds.), Addition and Subtraction: A Cognitive Perspective, Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., 1982.
An Investigation of Computer Coaching for Informal Learning Activities, R.R. Burton and J.S. Brown in D. Sleeman and J.S. Brown (Eds.), Intelligent Tutoring Systems, London, England: Academic Press, 1982.
Foundations of Envisioning, J. de Kleer and J.S. Brown in Proceedings of the AAAI-82 National Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Pittsburgh, PA, August 18-20, 1982.
Assumptions and Ambiguities in Mechanistic Mental Models, J. de Kleer and J.S. Brown in D. Gentner and A.S. Stevens (Eds.), Mental Models, Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., 1983.
Learning-by-Doing Revisited for Electronic Learning Environments, J.S. Brown in M.A. White (Ed.), The Future of Electronic Learning, Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., 1983.
Process versus Product - A Perspective on Tools for Communal and Informal Electronic Learning, J.S. Brown in S. Newman and E. Poor (Eds.), Report From The Learning Lab: Education in the Electronic Age, New York, New York: WNET, 1983.
The Origin, Form and Logic of Qualitative Physical Laws, J. de Kleer and J.S. Brown in Proceedings of the Eighth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Karlsruhe, West Germany, August 8 - 12, 1983.
A Qualitative Physics Based on Confluences, J. de Kleer and J.S. Brown, Artificial Intelligence 24 (pp. 7-83), North-Holland, 1984.
Report of the Research Briefings Panel on Information Technology in Precollege Education, J.S. Brown and J.G. Greeno (Co-chairmen) in Research Briefings 1984, Washington, DC: National Academy of Sciences, 1984. (also published in 1985.)
Skiing as a Model of Instruction, R. R. Burton, J.S. Brown and G. Fischer in B. Rogoff and J. Lave (Eds.), Everyday Cognition: Its Development in Social Context, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1984.
Competitive Argumentation in Computational Theories of Cognition, K. VanLehn, J.S. Brown and J. G. Greeno in W. Kintsch, J. R. Miller and P. G. Polson (Eds.), Methods and Tactics in Cognitive Science, Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., 1984. (Also ONR Technical Report, December 1982 and CIS-14 Technical Report Xerox Palo Alto Research Center.)
The Low Road, the Middle Road, and the High Road, J.S. Brown in P. H. Winston and K. A. Prendergast (Eds.), The AI Business: Commercial Prospects of Artificial Intelligence, The MIT Press, 1984.
Why AM and EURISKO Appear to Work, D. B. Lenat and J.S. Brown, Artificial Intelligence 23 (pp. 269-294), North-Holland, 1984.
Process versus Product: A Perspective on Tools for Communal and Informal Electronic Learning, J.S. Brown, Educational Computing Research, Vol. 1(2), 1985.
Idea-Amplifiers---New Kinds of Electronic Learning, J.S. Brown, Educational Horizons, Vol. 63, No. 3, 1985.
Information Technology in Precollege Education, J.S. Brown and J. G. Green (Co-chairmen) as The Reports of the Research Briefings Panels-1984 (pp. 298-317) appeared in New Pathways in Science and Technology, New York: Vintage Books, 1985.
Process versus Product: A Perspective on Tools for Communal and Informal Electronic Learning, J.S. Brown in M. Chen and W. Paisley (Eds.), Children and Microcomputers; Research on the Newest Medium, Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications, Inc., 1985.
A Qualitative Physics Based On Confluences, J. de Kleer and J.S. Brown in D.G. Bobrow (Ed.), Qualitative Reasoning About Physical Systems, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1985.
AI: Windows of Opportunity in Office Automation, J.S. Brown and G. Moskovitz, in press.
From Cognitive to Social Ergonomics and Beyond, J.S. Brown in D.A. Norman and S.W. Draper (Eds.), User-Centered System Design: New Perspectives on Human-Computer Interaction, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Hillsdale, NJ, 1986.
Issues in Cognitive and Social Ergonomics: From Our House to Bauhaus, J.S. Brown and S.E. Newman, Human-Computer Interaction, Vol. 1 (pp 359-391), Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Hillsdale, NJ, 1985.
Theories of Causal Ordering, J. de Kleer and J.S. Brown, Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 29 (pp 33-61), North-Holland, 1986.
Reactive Learning Environments for Teaching Electronic Troubleshooting, J.S. Brown and R.R. Burton in W.B. Rouse (Ed.), Advances in Man-Machine Systems Research, Vol. 3 (pp 65-98), Greenwich, CT: JAI Press Inc., 1987.
A Framework for the Cognitive Apprenticeship, A. Collins, J.S. Brown, S.E. Newman, IMPACT on instructional improvement, Vol. 22, 02 (pp.33-39), A Publication of the New York State Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, New York: 1987. I Contesti Sociali Dell"Apprendimento: Acquisire conoscenze a scuola, nel lavoro, nella vita quotidiana. A cura di: Clotilde Pontecorvo, Anna Maria Ajello, Cristina Zucchermaglio; Milano, Italy: LED Edizioni Universitarie di Lettre Economia Diritto, 1995; pp. 181-231.
The Computer as a Tool for Learning Through Reflection, A. Collins and J.S. Brown in H. Mandl and A. Lesgold (Eds.), Learning Issues for Intelligent Tutoring Systems, New York, NY: Springer, 1988.
Cognitive Apprenticeship: teaching the craft of reading, writing, and mathematics, A. Collins, J.S. Brown and S.E. Newman in L.B. Resnick (Ed.), Knowing, Learning, and Instruction: Essays in Honor of Robert Glaser, Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, in press, 1989.
Toward Portable Ideas, M. Stefik and J.S. Brown in M.H. Olson (Ed.), Technological Support for Work Group Collaboration, (pp 147-165), Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., 1989.
Situated Cognition and the Culture of Learning, J.S. Brown, A. Collins, and P. Duguid, Educational Researcher, Vol. 18, 01 (pp 32-41), Washington, DC: American Educational Research Association, 1989.
Towards a New Epistemology for Learning, J.S. Brown in C. Frasson and J. Gauthiar (Eds.), Intelligent Tutoring Systems at the Crossroads of Artificial Intelligence and Education, Norwood, NJ: Ablex Publishing, 1989.
Innovation in the Workplace: a perspective on organizational learning, J.S. Brown and P. Duguid, prepared for the CMU Conference on Organizational Learning in May 1989, in press. Also, IRL working paper.
High-performance Work Systems for the 1990s, J.S. Brown, Benchmark, Vol. 6, 3 (pp 8-11), El Segundo, CA: Xerox Corporation, 1989.
Enacting Design for the Workplace, J.S. Brown and P. Duguid, prepared for the Technology and the Future of Work conference at Stanford University on 29 March 1990, in press. Also, IRL working paper.
Research that Reinvents the Corporation, J.S. Brown, Harvard Business Review, January - February 1991, Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Organizational Learning and Communities-of-Practice: Toward A Unified View of Working, Learning, and Innovation, J.S. Brown and P. Duguid, Organization Science, Vol. 2, 40-57, 1991.
Reflections on the Document, John Seely Brown, Xploration, The Journal of Electronic Document Systems, Spring 1992.
Stolen Knowledge, J.S. Brown and P. Duguid, Educational Technology Journal, Nov 1992.
Model-based Diagnosis in SOPHIE III, Johan de Kleer and John Seely Brown. Readings in Model-based Diagnosis, Hamscher, Walter; Console, Luca; de Kleer, Johan, (Eds.). San Mateo: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 1992; pp. 179 - 205.
Stolen Knowledge, J.S. Brown and P. Duguid, Educational Technology Journal, Special Issue on Situated Learning in Focus, Vol. 33, No. 3, Mar 1993; pp. 10-15.
Reenacting the Corporation, J.S. Brown and E. Walton, Planning Review, (pp 5-8), Sept/Oct 1993.
Rethinking The Border in Design: An Exploration of Central and Peripheral Relations in Practice, J.S. Brown and P. Duguid, Extended version of Cooper Hewitt symposium, The Edge of the Millennium, Nov 1993.
Toward Informed Participation: Six Scenarios in Search of Democracy in the Electronic Age, J.S. Brown, P. Duguid, S. Haviland, Oct 1993, Aspen Institute Forum Report: The Promise and Perils of Emerging Information Technologies, C. Firestone and D. Bollier, 1993.
When Change is Constant, John Seely Brown. Learning in Organizations, edited by Mary M. Crossan, Henry W. Lane, James C. Rush, Roderick E. White. Western Business School - The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, 1993; pp.89-99. (Learning Organizations Workshop, June 21-23, 1992)
Keeping It Simple: Investigating Resources in the Periphery, J.S. Brown and P. Duguid, Nov 1993.
Rethinking the Border in Design: An Exploration of Central and Peripheral Relations in Practice, Paul Duguid and John Seely Brown. The Edge of the Millennium, Whitney Library of Design Publishers, and imprint of Watson-Guptill, Dec 1993.
Borderline Issues: Social and Material Aspects of Design, J.S. Brown and P. Duguid, Human-Computer Interaction, v 9, n 1 (pp. 3-36) 1993.
Situated Cognition, Paul Duguid and John Seely Brown. Perspectives on Situated Learning, Educational Technology; spring 1994.
Toward Informed Participation: Six Scenarios in Search of Democracy in the Information Age, John Seely Brown, Paul Duguid and Susan Haviland. The Aspen Institute Quarterly, The Aspen Institute, Inc., Autumn 1994.
Organizational Learning and Communities of Practice: toward a unified view of working, learning and innovation, John Seely Brown and Paul Duguid. New Thinking in Organizational Behavior, Hardimos Tsoukas, ed. London: Butterworth Heineman, 1994; pp. 165-187.
I Contesti Sociali Dell"Apprendimento: Acquisire Conoscenze a Scuola, Nel Lavoro, Nella Vita Quotidiana; A cura di Clotilde Pontecorvo, Anna Maria Ajello, Cristina Zucchermaglio; Milano, Italy: LED - Edizioni Universitarie di Lettre Economia Diritto, 1995; pp. 327-357
The Social Life of Documents, John Seely Brown and Paul Duguid. Release 1.0. EDventure Holdings, New York, NY; October 11, 1995; pp. 1-18.
The People are the Company, John Seely Brown and Estee Solomon Gray. Fast Company. Boston, MA; Premier Issue 1995, pp.78-82.
Situated Cognition and the Culture of Learning, John Seely Brown, Allan Collins and Paul Duguid. Situated Learning Perspectives, Hillary McLellen, editor. Educational Technology Publications, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1996; pp. 19-44.
Stolen Knowledge, John Seely Brown and Paul Duguid. Situated Learning Perspectives, Hillary McLellen, editor. Educational Technology Publications:Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1996; pp. 47-56.
Practice at the Periphery: A Reply to Steven Tripp, John Seely Brown and Paul Duguid. Situated Learning Perspectives, Hillary McLellen, editor. Educational Technology Publications:Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1996; pp. 169-173.
Organizational Learning and Communities-of-Practice: Toward a Unified View of Working, Learning, and Innovation, John Seely Brown and Paul Duguid. Organizational Learning, Michael D. Cohen and Lee S. Sproull, editors. Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA, 1996; pp. 58-82.
Leveraging Learning, Susan Stucky and John Seely Brown. Across the Board - the Conference Board Magazine. New York, NY; Vol. XXXIII No. 3, March 1996, pp. 22-24.
Keeping it Simple, John Seely Brown and Paul Duguid. Bringing Design to Software, Terry Winograd, editor with John Bennett, Laura De Young, and Bradley Hartfield. New York, NY: ACM Press, 1996; pp. 129-150.
Space for the Chattering Classes, John Seely Brown and Paul Duguid. THESis: The Times Higher Education Supplement- Multimedia Features. May 10, 1996; pp. iv-vi
Universities in the Digital Age, John Seely Brown and Paul Duguid. Change. July/August 1996, Vol. 28, No. 4; pp. 10-19.
To Dream the Invisible Dream, John Seely Brown. Communications of the ACM. August 1996, Vol. 39, No. 8; pp. 30
Brainstorming the Future Perfect, Paul Saffo, Stewart Brand, Larry Keeley, Mike Hawley, Peter Sealy, John Seely Brown. Technologies for the 21st Century. Volume 7 Scaling Up. Edited by Martin Greenberger. Council for Technology and the Individual, Santa Monica, CA, 1996; pp. 235-263.
Designing Calm Technology. Mark Weiser and John Seely Brown. The "100" Show: the eighteenth Annual of the American Center for Design. Edited by Therese Rutowski. New York, NY: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1996; pp. 159-163.
Changing the game of corporate research: Learning to thrive in the fog of reality, John Seely Brown, Technological innovation, Chapter 6.
Can Organizations Afford Knowing? Or Why They Can't Afford Not To!, Scott Noam Cook and John Seely, paper December 1996.
Research That Reinvents the Corporation, John Seely Brown. Managing Strategic Innovation and Change. A Collection of Readings. Edited by Michael L. Tushman and Philip Anderson. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1997; pp. 342-352.
Changing the Game of Corporate Research: Learning to Thrive in the Fog of Reality, John Seely Brown. Technological Innovation. Oversights and Foresights. Edited by Raghu Garud, Praveen Rattan Nayyar, and Zur Baruch Shapira. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1997; pp. 95-110.
Seeing Differently: Rethinking Innovation, John Seely Brown. Comtech: the Magazine of Innovation in Chemistry and Technology. Washington, DC: American Chemical Society, July 1997; pp. 12-18.
"Like toilet paper tubes glued to eyeglasses", discussions with John Seely Brown, Richard Adler, InfoWorld, October 1997.
Seeing Differently: A Role for Pioneering Research, John Seely Brown. Research Technology Management. May/June 1998, Vol. 41, No. 3; pp. 24-33.
Organizing Knowledge, John Seely Brown and Paul Duguid. California Management Review. Spring 1998, Vol. 40, No. 3; pp. 90-111.
Center and Periphery: Balancing the Bias of Digital Technology, John Seely Brown and Mark Weiser. Blueprint to the Digital Economy: Creating Wealth in the Era of E-Business. Edited by Don Tapscott, Alex Lowy and David Ticoll. McGraw-Hill, 1998; pp. 317-335.
Organizing Knowledge, John Seely Brown and Paul Duguid. Web-Weaving: Intranets, extranets and strategic alliances. Edited by Peter Lloyd and Paula Boyle. Butterworth-Heinemann, 1998; pp. 29-46.
Research That Reinvents the Corporation, John Seely Brown. Harvard Business Review on Knowledge Management. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1998; pp. 153-180.
Universities in the Digital Age, John Seely Brown and Paul Duguid. The Mirage of Continuity: Reconfiguring Academic Information Resources for the 21st Century. Edited by Brian L. Hawkins and Patricia Battin. Washington, D.C.: Council on Library and Information Resources, 1998; pp. 39-60.
Riding on a Sea of Calm, Mark Weiser and John Seely Brown, World Link, January/February 1998; pp. 46-50.
To Dream the Invisible Dream, John Seely Brown. The Red Herring. July, 1998; pp. 17.
Internet technology in support of the concept of "communities-of-practice": the case of Xerox, John Seely Brown. Accounting Management and Information Technologies. 8 (1998); pp. 227-236.
Ergebnis Innovation: Die Welt mit anderen Augen sehen, John Seely Brown and Bolko v. Oetinger, Eds. Harvard Bei Hanser, 1998.
Bringing Design to Software, (Japanese edition) Terry Winograd, Ed. ACM Press, 1998.
Sustaining the Ecology of Knowledge, John Seely Brown, Leader to Leader. Spring 1999, Number 12; pp. 31-36.
Conversation with John Seely Brown, Knowledge Directions. Volume 1, Spring 1999; pp. 28-35.
Future Talk: Conversations About Tomorrow, Larry King with Pat Piper, HarperCollins Publishers 1998; pp. 235-246.
An Interview with John Seely Brown, Lawrence M. Fisher, Strategy & Business, Fourth Quarter 1999, Issue 17; pp.86-95.
Bridging Epistemologies: The Generative Dance Between Organizational Knowledge and Organizational Knowing, Scott D.N. Cook and John Seely Brown, Organization Science, Vol. 10, No. 4, July-August 1999; pp. 381-400.
The origins of ubiquitous computing research at PARC in the late 1980's, Mark Weiser, Rich Gold, and John Seely Brown, IBM Systems Journal, Vol.38, No.4, 1999; pp. 693-696.
Anatomy of an Innovative Region: Understanding Silicon Valley, Martin Kenney, forward by John Seely Brown, Stanford University Press, 2000.
Balancing Points: Structure, Spontaneity, and the New Document, John Seely Brown and Paul Duguid, working paper.
Knowledge and Organization: A Social-Practice Perspective, John Seely Brown and Paul Duguid, working paper.
Mysteries of the Region: Knowledge Dynamics in Silicon Valley, John Seely Brown and Paul Duguid, working paper.
Invention, Innovation, and Organization, John Seely Brown and Paul Duguid, working paper.
Cyperspace:
The Social Life of Documents. John Seely Brown and Paul Duguid. First Monday, May 1996 (Online) Available WWW: http://www.firstmonday.dk/issue1/documents/index.html#03
Space for the Chattering Classes. John Seely Brown and Paul Duguid. THESis: The Times Higher Education Supplement, May 1996 (Online) Available WWW: http://thesis.newsint.co.uk/MULTMEDIA/seely.html
Invited Talks, Panels, Symposia:
List available upon request