0 9 ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁Cons ult ing ▁Professor , ▁Stan ford ▁University : ▁Department ▁of ▁Mathemat ics ▁at ▁Stan ford , ▁California . ▁ ▁He ▁is ▁co - found er ▁and ▁Executive ▁Director ▁of ▁Stan ford ▁University ' s ▁Human - S ci ences ▁and ▁Techn ologies ▁Advanced ▁Research ▁Institute ( 2 0 0 6 ), ▁a ▁co - found er ▁of ▁Stan ford ▁Media ▁X ▁university - indust ry ▁research ▁partners hip ▁program , ▁and ▁a ▁Senior ▁Research er ▁in ▁the ▁Center ▁for ▁the ▁Study ▁of ▁Language ▁and ▁Information ▁( CS LI ). ▁He ▁is ▁a ▁comment ator ▁on ▁National ▁Public ▁Radio ' s ▁Week end ▁Edition ▁Saturday , ▁where ▁he ▁is ▁known ▁as ▁" The ▁Math ▁Guy ." ▁ ▁His ▁research ▁is ▁mainly ▁focused ▁on ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁different ▁media ▁to ▁teach ▁mathematics ▁to ▁different ▁aud ien ces . ▁He ▁is ▁also ▁co - found er ▁and ▁President ▁the ▁company ▁Bra in Qu ake , ▁which ▁creates ▁mathematics ▁learning ▁video ▁games . ▁He ▁set ▁it ▁up ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 1 . ▁Other ▁topics ▁of ▁his ▁research ▁are ▁as ▁following : ▁ ▁theory ▁of ▁information , ▁models ▁of ▁reasoning , ▁applications ▁of ▁mathematical ▁techniques ▁in ▁the ▁study ▁of ▁communication , ▁and ▁mathematical ▁cogn ition . ▁ ▁By ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁he ▁has ▁been ▁the ▁author ▁of ▁ 3 4 ▁books ▁and ▁over ▁ 8 0 ▁research ▁articles . ▁Several ▁of ▁his ▁books ▁are ▁aim ed ▁at ▁an ▁audience ▁of ▁the ▁general ▁public . ▁ ▁Awards ▁ ▁J