Steven M. Rubin

Family

I am married to Amy Lansky (since 1984) A former Computer Scientist at SRI International and NASA Ames, Amy is now a writer, Homeopathic advocate, and more. Her first book, Impossible Cure: The Promise of Homeopathy, is a bestseller on Amazon and her second book, Active Consciousness: Awakening the Power Within looks at consciousness and meditation (among many topics).

We have two children: Izaak (born 1988, now a product manager at Google) and Max (born 1991, now a motion-graphics designer).

Computers

I am the author of an open-source Computer-Aided Design program called Electric (available at no cost through the Free Software Foundation). Electric is used to design integrated-circuit chips.

In 1987, I wrote a textbook, Computer Aids for VLSI Design, which describes the algorithms used to do integrated-circuit design.

I'm currently teaching the young and the old. For the young (middle- and high-school) I teach a class called Computers and Programming that combines programming instruction with “curiosity lessons” that cover a wide range of computing topics. For the old (55 and up), I teach a class called Computers Are Not Magic which provides the curiosity lessons without the programming instruction.

Contact

EMail me: strubin AT strubin.com