Robert Bruce

Robert Bruce is a Lecturer in the Department of Engineering at Sonoma State University, part of the College of Science, Technology and Business. He has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Information Science at multiple institutions including San Jose State University, Santa Clara University, and Dominican University. With over 15 years of academic experience, he has supervised 63 student capstone/thesis projects.

His professional background includes Visual Effects industry work as a systems programmer and digital artist with four feature film credits, as well as co-founding multiple tech startups with seed funding. His research focuses on Augmented/Virtual Reality, Distributed Computing, Information Retrieval, Robotics, and IoT.

Education background includes a B.S. in Computer Science (with Mathematics minor) from Sonoma State University and an MLIS from San Jose State University. No explicit scientific awards are listed, though his work spans interdisciplinary collaborations in education technology and space exploration. Active in presenting at conferences since 2006, his publications address topics ranging from VR in space to library terminology education.