Piotr Woźniak (researcher)

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]

Piotr A. Woźniak
BornMarch 1962 (age 61)
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

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. 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. "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.
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