Eric S. Roberts

Eric Roberts
Born
Eric S. Roberts

NationalityAmerican
Alma materHarvard University
Known forcomputer science education
AwardsACM Fellow (2007)
SIGCSE Award for Lifetime Service to the Computer Science Education Community (2018)
Scientific career
FieldsComputer Science
InstitutionsStanford University
Wellesley College
Reed College
Willamette University
Websitecs.stanford.edu/people/eroberts/

Eric S. Roberts is an American computer scientist noted for his contributions to computer science education through textbook authorship and his leadership in computing curriculum development. He is a co-chair of the ACM Education Council, former co-chair of the ACM Education Board, and a former member of the SIGCSE Board. He led the Java task force in 1994. He was a Professor emeritus at Stanford University. He currently teaches at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon.