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Mark Niemann-Ross

Portland, OR

I’m an author and educator living in Portland, Oregon. Iteach “R” - a programming language, and “Raspberry Pi” - a small computer used for the Internet of Things. My courses appear onLinkedIn Learning andEducative.

I’ve been playing with technology for as long as I remember. My dad was a design engineer for Honeywell and brought home an early-stage 8080 micro-computer. I learned BASIC on a timeshare system, connected electronics, and found out how to reset the house circuit breakers (“Mark,” my mother would shout. “Are you okay? What was that BANG I heard?”) At university, I picked up a degree in Industrial Education, worked in the software industry as a developer evangelist, then re-entered the education world through Lynda.com. I am now a full-time instructor and consultant, focused on R, SQL, and Raspberry Pi. When I have a need, I play with Python, R, C++, PHP, and small electronics.

Technology influences mywriting, which fits solidly in the genre of “Hard Science Fiction.”

I co-authored my first story in 2005 with Richard A. Lovett in Analog, Science Fiction and Fact. Since then, I’ve published additional stories in Analog and Stupefying Stories, self-publishedtwo collections, and collaborated on a children’s book,Patches Catches the Sargo County Cattle Rustler.

Most recently, I publishedStupid Machine, a science fiction murder mystery solved by a refrigerator.