Piotr Woźniak (researcher)

Piotr A. Woźniak
BornMarch 1962 (age 62)
Milanówek, Poland
Known forSuperMemo
Academic background
Education
ThesisEconomics of Learning: New Aspects in Designing Modern Computer Aided Self-Instruction Systems (1995)
Doctoral advisorWitold Abramowicz
Websitesupermemo.guru

Piotr A. Woźniak (Polish pronunciation: [pjɔtr ˈvɔʑɲak]; born 1962) is a Polish researcher best known for his work on SuperMemo, a learning system based on spaced repetition.[1][2]

Life

Woźniak was born in March 1962 in Milanówek, Poland.[2]

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.[1][3]

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.[2]

He prefers anonymity as it allows him to focus on his learning without distraction.[1]

Interests and ideas

In addition to the theory of spaced repetition, Woźniak's research interests include incremental reading and the optimization of sleep.[2][4]

He has written extensively about the failure of schooling, believing that learning needs to be driven by the natural "learn drive".[5]

He supports the idea of a single international auxiliary language, and for two years kept a diary in Esperanto.[1]

Partial bibliography

  • Woźniak, Piotr A.; Biedalak, Krzysztof (1992). "The SuperMemo Method: Optimization of Learning". Informatyka. 10: 1–9.
  • Woźniak, Piotr A.; Gorzelanczyk, Edward J. (1994). "Optimization of Repetition Spacing in the Practice of Learning". Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis. 54: 59–62. PMID 8023714.

References

  1. ^ a b c d Wolf, Gary (2008). "Want to Remember Everything You'll Ever Learn? Surrender to This Algorithm". Wired. Archived from the original on 26 October 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d "Piotr A. Wozniak, BIODATA". Supermemo.com. 2 January 2014. Archived from the original on 28 April 2019.
  3. ^ Carey, Benedict (2014). How We Learn. New York: Random House.
  4. ^ Szynalski, Tomasz P. "Me and Piotr Wozniak". Antimoon.com. Archived from the original on 28 June 2022.
  5. ^ Woźniak, Piotr A. "Problem of Schooling". Supermemo.guru. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023.