Murray Turoff
Professor of Information Systems
Murray Turoff was a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Information Systems at New Jersey Institute of Technology and a key founding father of the field of computer-mediated communications. He was a visionary educator and researcher whose pioneering work has inspired generations within the field of computing. His research focused on the design of structured Computer Mediated Communications Systems (CMC) to conduct field trials and evaluations of alternative applications of human communications via computers.
He designed and implemented EIES (Electronic Information Exchange System) - the first computer-mediated, multimachine communications and conferencing systems, and a precursor to the widespread interactive communication features available today. He authored or co-authored 8 books including The Network Nation (with his wife Starr Roxanne Hiltz) which won the TSM Award of the Association of American Publishers for the Best Technical Publication in 1978 which went on to become the defining document and standard reference of its time for the field of computer mediated communication.
He held a Doctorate in Physics from Brandeis University, and Bachelor’s in Physics and Math
Dr. Turoff was awarded the EFF Pioneer Award in 1994 for "significant and influential contributions to computer-based communications and to the empowerment of individuals in using computers
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