Samuel Mann
{{Short description|New Zealand computer scientist}}
{{about|New Zealand computer scientist|Massachusetts minister|Samuel Man}}
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| fields = computer science education, and sustainability
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| alma_mater = University of Otago
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Green IT
Environmental Informatics
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Samuel Mann is a New Zealand computer scientist, with interests in computer science education and sustainability. He is a full Professor{{cite news|last1=Otago Daily Times |title=Polytechnic appoints professors|url=http://www.odt.co.nz/campus/otago-polytechnic/204496/polytechnic-appoints-professors|accessdate=6 August 2014|date=7 April 2012}} at Otago Polytechnic. He has published widely on sustainable practice, both in computing and more generally to apply to any discipline.{{cite web|last1=Otago Polytechnic|title=Samuel Mann|url=http://www.op.ac.nz/enterprise/search/Form?Type=2&Keyword=&Department=0&Person=249&action_searchResults=Search|accessdate=6 August 2014}} Mann was educated at the University of Otago where he studied botany and geography,{{cite thesis |last=Mann |first=Samuel |year=1991 |type=Bachelors with Honours thesis |title=A Model for Regeneration in Remnant Forests |publisher=OUR Archive, University of Otago |hdl=10523/11160}}{{cite thesis |last=Mann |first=Samuel |year=1993 |type=Masters thesis |title=Ecological Modelling of Land Degradation in Central Otago |publisher=OUR Archive, University of Otago |hdl=10523/11760}} before completing a PhD in Information Science.
Sustainable Practitioner
Mann developed the term "sustainable practitioner". In 2007 under Mann's guidance, Otago Polytechnic committed to the strategy that "every graduate may think and act as a sustainable practitioner". Initiatives have included a Living Campus,{{cite news|last1=Otago Daily Times |title=Live campus taking root|url=http://www.odt.co.nz/on-campus/otago-polytechnic/41438/live-campus-taking-root|accessdate=6 August 2014|date=31 Jan 2009}} and Sustainable Community Enterprise.{{cite news|last1=Otago Daily Times |title=Polytech, Port Chalmers winners with Wi-Fi|url=http://www.odt.co.nz/campus/otago-polytechnic/229147/polytech-port-chalmers-winners-wi-fi|accessdate=6 August 2014|date=6 October 2012}}
Mann is building an oral archive of conversations with sustainable practitioners. This is also broadcast on Otago Access Radio and podcast as Sustainable Lens. The goal is to create a searchable archive of conversations with people from many different fields who are applying their skills to a sustainable future.{{cite web|last1=Sustainable Lens|title=Sustainable Lens: Resilience on Radio|url=http://sustainablelens.org/}}
CITRENZ
Since 2011 Mann has served as Chair of Computing and Information Technology Information and Education and Research NZ (CITRENZ).{{cite web|last1=CITRENZ|title=CITRENZ Board Committee Membership|url=http://www.citrenz.ac.nz/?page_id=140|accessdate=6 August 2014}} In that role he oversaw the development of a new suite of computing programmes for all New Zealand polytechnics.{{cite web|last1=CITRENZ|title=CITRENZ newsletter|url=http://www.citrenz.ac.nz/?page_id=979}}
Awards
In 2009 Mann was awarded the Beeby Fellowship.{{cite news|last1=Otago Daily Times |title=Green guide for all educators|url=http://www.odt.co.nz/on-campus/otago-polytechnic/43267/green-guide-all-educators|accessdate=6 August 2014|date=14 Feb 2009}} The Beeby Fellowship is a joint initiative between the New Zealand Council for Educational Research and the New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO.
Books authored
- The Green Graduate: Educating Every Student as a Sustainable Practitioner (2011){{cite book|last1=Mann|first1=Samuel|title=The Green Graduate: Educating every student as a sustainable practitioner|date=2011|publisher=NZCER/UNESCO|location=Wellington|isbn=978-1-877398-99-5|pages=175}} sets out a framework for integrating sustainability into every course of study.
- Sustainable Lens: a visual guide (2011){{cite book|last1=Mann|first1=Samuel|title=Sustainable Lens: a visual guide|date=2011|publisher=NewSplash|location=Dunedin|isbn=978-1-4681-1277-1|pages=206}} traces the development of sustainability through its representation in diagrams. It presents a model for seeing the world through a sustainability-driven perspective.
References
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External links
- Official [http://computingforsustainability.com/ website]
- Institutional [https://www.op.ac.nz/industry-and-research/research/expertise/search/researcher/Mann,%20Samuel listing]
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Category:Academic staff of Otago Polytechnic
Category:New Zealand computer scientists
Category:University of Otago alumni
Category:Sustainability advocates
Category:Association of Community Access Broadcasters
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