Since 1984, Morgan Kaufmann has published content on information technology, computer architecture, data management, computer networking, computer systems, human computer interaction, computer graphics, multimedia information and systems, artificial intelligence, computer security, and software engineering. Morgan Kaufmann's audience includes the research and development communities,
information technology (IS/IT) managers, and students in professional degree programs.
The company was founded in 1984 by publishers Michael B. Morgan and William Kaufmann and computer scientist
Nils Nilsson. It was held privately until 1998, when it was acquired by
Harcourt General and became an
imprint of the
Academic Press, a subsidiary of Harcourt.[1][2] Harcourt was acquired by
Reed Elsevier in 2001; Morgan Kaufmann is now an imprint of the Science and Technology division of
Elsevier.
