Richard S. Rosenberg is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Computer Science, at the University of British Columbia. His research interests are in the social impact of computers and in Artificial Intelligence (AI). In AI, he has published in computational linguistics, with a special interest in natural language interfaces to databases and the Web.

His work in the social impact of computers includes such areas of concern as privacy, freedom of expression, intellectual property rights, universal access, work and education. He has written many papers on free speech, ethics, and privacy issues, has appeared before Federal parliamentary and provincial legislative committees, and made presentations before the U.S. National Research Council.

His most recent book is The Social Impact of Computers, 3rd Edition, San Diego, CA: Elsevier Academic Press, 2004. He is also a Vice-president of Electric Frontier Canada and on the Board of the British Columbia Freedom of Information and Privacy Association.