Dr. Derek SchuurmanDr. Derek Schuurman

Professor of Computer Science
Calvin University

Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

Biography

Biographical information is not available at present.

Biography

Derek C. Schuurman worked as an electrical engineer for several years and later completed a Ph.D. at McMaster University in the area of robotics and computer vision using machine learning. He is currently professor of computer science at Calvin University, a fellow of the American Scientific Affiliation, and an advisor for AI&Faith. He has written about faith and technology issues in a variety of publications including monthly columns in Christian Courier and regular contributions to the Christian Scholar's Review blog. He is the author of the book Shaping a Digital World: Faith, Culture and Computer Technology and co-author of A Christian Field Guide to Technology for Engineers and Designers, both published by InterVarsity Academic Press.

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Religion, Philosophy & History Interests

Christianity-Protestantism

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Information Technology

Website

https://sites.calvin.edu/derek/

Publications

Shaping a Digital World: Faith, Culture and Computer Technology

IVP Academic 2013
https://www.ivpress.com/shaping-a-digital-world

A Christian Field Guide to Technology for Engineers and Designers

IVP Academic 2022
https://www.ivpress.com/a-christian-field-guide-to-technology-for-engineers-and-designers

Artificial Intelligence: Discerning a Christian Response

June 2019
Volume:71
https://www.asa3.org/ASA/PSCF/2019/PSCF6-19Schuurman.pdf

Virtue and Artificial Intelligence

December 2023
Volume:75
https://www.asa3.org/ASA/PSCF/2023/PSCF12-23Schuurman.pdf