Piotr Woźniak (researcher)
{{Short description|Polish researcher (born 1962)}}
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| name = Piotr Woźniak
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1962|03}}
| birth_place = Milanówek, Poland
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| known_for = SuperMemo
| education = {{ubl|Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (MS)||Poznań University of Technology (MS)|Wrocław University of Economics (PhD)}}
| thesis_title = Economics of Learning: New Aspects in Designing Modern Computer Aided Self-Instruction Systems
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| thesis_year = 1995
| doctoral_advisor = Witold Abramowicz
| website = {{url|https://supermemo.guru|supermemo.guru}}
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Piotr A. Woźniak ({{IPA|pl|pjɔtr ˈvɔʑɲak}}; born 1962) is a Polish researcher best known for his work on SuperMemo, a learning system based on spaced repetition.{{r|w|b}}
Life
Woźniak was born in March 1962 in Milanówek, Poland.{{r|b}}
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.{{r|w|c}}
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.{{r|b}}
He prefers anonymity as it allows him to focus on his learning without distraction.{{r|w}}
Interests and ideas
In addition to the theory of spaced repetition, Woźniak's research interests include incremental reading and the optimization of sleep.{{r|b|a}}
He has written extensively about the failure of schooling, believing that learning needs to be driven by the natural "learn drive".{{r|x}}
He supports the idea of a single international auxiliary language, and for two years kept a diary in Esperanto.{{r|w}}
Partial bibliography
- {{cite journal|last1=Woźniak|first1=Piotr A.|last2=Biedalak|first2=Krzysztof|year=1992|title=The SuperMemo Method: Optimization of Learning|journal=Informatyka|volume=10|pages=1{{ndash}}9}}
- {{cite journal|last1=Woźniak|first1=Piotr A.|last2=Gorzelanczyk|first2=Edward J.|year=1994|title=Optimization of Repetition Spacing in the Practice of Learning|url=https://ane.pl/index.php/ane/article/view/1003/1003|journal=Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis|volume=54|pages=59{{ndash}}62|pmid=8023714}}
References
{{reflist|refs=
|first = Tomasz P.
|last = Szynalski
|title = Me and Piotr Wozniak
|url = http://www.antimoon.com/other/piotr-wozniak.htm
|website = Antimoon.com
|archive-url = https://archive.today/20220628205251/https://www.antimoon.com/other/piotr-wozniak.htm
|archive-date = 28 June 2022
|url-status = live
}}
|title = Piotr A. Wozniak, BIODATA
|url = https://www.supermemo.com/en/archives1990-2015/english/company/wozniak
|website = Supermemo.com
|date = 2 January 2014
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190428210411/https://www.supermemo.com/en/archives1990-2015/english/company/wozniak
|archive-date = 28 April 2019
|url-status = dead
}}
|first = Benedict
|last = Carey
|author-link = Benedict Carey
|year = 2014
|title = How We Learn
|location = New York
|publisher = Random House
}}
|last = Wolf
|first = Gary
|author-link = Gary Wolf (journalist)
|date = 2008
|title = Want to Remember Everything You'll Ever Learn? Surrender to This Algorithm
|url = https://www.wired.com/2008/04/ff-wozniak/
|magazine = Wired
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151026020259/http://www.wired.com/2008/04/ff-wozniak/
|archive-date = 26 October 2015
|url-status = live
}}
|last = Woźniak
|first = Piotr A.
|title = Problem of Schooling
|url = https://supermemo.guru/wiki/Problem_of_Schooling
|website = Supermemo.guru
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230404002324/https://supermemo.guru/wiki/Problem_of_Schooling
|archive-date = 4 April 2023
|url-status = live
}}
}}
External links
- {{official|https://supermemo.guru}}
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Category:20th-century Polish psychologists
Category:Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań alumni