David Liddle

{{Short description|American academic}}

David Liddle is co-founder of Interval Research Corporation, consulting professor of computer science at Stanford University. While at Xerox PARC{{cite web |title=Engineering Advisory Council Bio |url=https://www.ece.umich.edu/eecs/alumni/Stories/Liddle_coe.html |website=www.ece.umich.edu |access-date=9 September 2020 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507011217/https://www.ece.umich.edu/eecs/alumni/Stories/Liddle_coe.html |url-status=dead }} he was credited with heading development of the Xerox Star computer system.{{cite web |title=Bringing Design to Software Ch. 2 - Liddle |url=https://hci.stanford.edu/publications/bds/2-liddle.html |website=hci.stanford.edu |access-date=9 September 2020}} In 1982 he co-founded Metaphor Computer Systems. He has served on the board of many corporations. He was chair of the board of trustees of the Santa Fe Institute from 1994 to 1999.{{citation |url=http://www.santafe.edu/research/publications/bulletin/fall1999v14n2.pdf |title=SFI Bulletin |publisher=Santa Fe Institute |page=27 |volume=14 |issue=2 |date=Fall 1999 |access-date=2009-02-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091128045630/http://www.santafe.edu/research/publications/bulletin/fall1999v14n2.pdf |archive-date=2009-11-28 }} Liddle holds a B.S. in computer science from the University of Michigan, and a Ph.D. in EECS from the University of Toledo, in Ohio.{{cite web|url=https://www.eng.utoledo.edu/coe/visiting_advisory_board/pdfs/liddle.pdf|title=Archived copy|access-date=2017-01-14|archive-date=2017-01-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116160744/https://www.eng.utoledo.edu/coe/visiting_advisory_board/pdfs/liddle.pdf|url-status=dead}}

In January 2012, he joined the board of directors of SRI International.{{cite web|url=http://www.sri.com/newsroom/press-releases/david-liddle-joins-sri-international-board-directors-0|title=David Liddle Joins SRI International Board of Directors|publisher=SRI International|date=2012-01-04|access-date=2013-06-13|archive-date=2016-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306214120/https://www.sri.com/newsroom/press-releases/david-liddle-joins-sri-international-board-directors-0|url-status=dead}}