# Uri Wilensky

> Uri Wilensky is an American computer scientist and creator of the agent-based modeling platform NetLogo. He is the Lorraine H. Morton Professor of Learning Sciences, Computer Science and Complex Systems at Northwestern University where he directs the Center for Connected Learning and Computer-Based Modeling. He also co-founded the Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO), and co-founded and co-directs the joint Computer Science + Learning Sciences PhD program.

*Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1993*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Born:** 1955
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Uri Wilensky is an American computer scientist and creator of the agent-based modeling platform NetLogo. He is the Lorraine H. Morton Professor of Learning Sciences, Computer Science and Complex Systems at Northwestern University where he directs the Center for Connected Learning and Computer-Based Modeling. He also co-founded the Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO), and co-founded and co-directs the joint Computer Science + Learning Sciences PhD program.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 36.3

## Platforms
- **WEBSITE**: http://ccl.northwestern.edu/Uri.shtml

## Sources
- [Uri Wilensky](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uri_Wilensky)
- [Виленский, Ури](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9%2C_%D0%A3%D1%80%D0%B8)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q102234959)

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