Murray Turoff
Encyclopedia
Murray Turoff is a retired Distinguished Professor at New Jersey Institute of Technology
(NJIT) who was a key founding father of computer-mediated communication
.
in 1965.
Turoff has served as Chairperson of the Information Systems Department, acting Chairperson of the Computer and Information Science Department as well as Director of Computerized Conferencing and Communications Center during his tenure at NJIT. He was also simultaneously a member of the faculty at Rutgers Graduate School of Management between 1982 and 2005.
Turoff co-founded the Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM
) community.
He currently holds the title Distinguished Professor Emeritus
in the Information Systems Department at New Jersey Institute of Technology
.
Systems (CMC) to conduct field trials and evaluations of alternative applications of human communications via computers.
) which won the TSM Award of the Association of American Publishers
for the Best Technical Publication in 1978 which went on to become the defining document and standard reference of its time for the field of computer mediated communication.
in 1994 for "significant and influential contributions to computer-based communications and to the empowerment of individuals in using computers."
New Jersey Institute of Technology
New Jersey Institute of Technology is a public research university in Newark, New Jersey. It is often also referred to as Newark College of Engineering ....
(NJIT) who was a key founding father of computer-mediated communication
Computer-mediated communication
Computer-mediated communication is defined as any communicative transaction that occurs through the use of two or more networked computers...
.
Career
Turoff received his B.A. degree in Mathematics and Physics from the University of California at Berkeley in 1958. He received his PhD in Physics from Brandeis UniversityBrandeis University
Brandeis University is an American private research university with a liberal arts focus. It is located in the southwestern corner of Waltham, Massachusetts, nine miles west of Boston. The University has an enrollment of approximately 3,200 undergraduate and 2,100 graduate students. In 2011, it...
in 1965.
Turoff has served as Chairperson of the Information Systems Department, acting Chairperson of the Computer and Information Science Department as well as Director of Computerized Conferencing and Communications Center during his tenure at NJIT. He was also simultaneously a member of the faculty at Rutgers Graduate School of Management between 1982 and 2005.
Turoff co-founded the Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM
ISCRAM
The Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management Community is an international community of researchers, practitioners and policy makers involved in or concerned about the design, development, deployment, use and evaluation of information systems for crisis response and management...
) community.
He currently holds the title Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Emeritus
Emeritus is a post-positive adjective that is used to designate a retired professor, bishop, or other professional or as a title. The female equivalent emerita is also sometimes used.-History:...
in the Information Systems Department at New Jersey Institute of Technology
New Jersey Institute of Technology
New Jersey Institute of Technology is a public research university in Newark, New Jersey. It is often also referred to as Newark College of Engineering ....
.
Major Projects
Turoff was the designer of the Emergency Management Information System And Reference Index (EMISARI), which was the first group communication-oriented crisis management system and which was used for the 1971 Wage Price Freeze and assorted federal crisis events until the mid-1980s. He designed and implemented the EIES (Electronic Information Exchange System) as part of a 25 year research program in to the design of structured Computer Mediated CommunicationsComputer-mediated communication
Computer-mediated communication is defined as any communicative transaction that occurs through the use of two or more networked computers...
Systems (CMC) to conduct field trials and evaluations of alternative applications of human communications via computers.
Publications
He has authored or co-authored 8 books including The Network Nation (with his wife Starr Roxanne HiltzStarr Roxanne Hiltz
Starr Roxanne Hiltz is a retired Distinguished Professor of Information Science/Information Systems at New Jersey Institute of Technology...
) which won the TSM Award of the Association of American Publishers
Association of American Publishers
The Association of American Publishers is the national trade association of the American book publishing industry. AAP has more than 300 members, including most of the major commercial publishers in the United States, as well as smaller and non-profit publishers, university presses and scholarly...
for the Best Technical Publication in 1978 which went on to become the defining document and standard reference of its time for the field of computer mediated communication.
Awards
Turoff was awarded the EFF Pioneer AwardEFF Pioneer Award
The EFF Pioneer Award is an annual prize for people who have made significant contributions to the empowerment of individuals in using computers. Until 1998 it was presented at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., USA. Thereafter it was presented at the Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference...
in 1994 for "significant and influential contributions to computer-based communications and to the empowerment of individuals in using computers."