Fall 2003 Computer History Museum Events

From: Eugene Miya (eugene_at_cse.ucsc.edu)
Date: 10/22/03 

Date: 22 Oct 2003 09:41:20 -0700

[Posted at the request of DEK. --enm]

October is a banner month for events at the Computer History Museum
as we celebrate the 2003 Fellow Awards and bring you lectures by
two of our new Fellows --Tim Berners-Lee (October 22) and
David Wheeler (October 23).

We are also excited to announce our featured speakers for the
next two months:

Suhas Patil, November 12
Donald Knuth, December 3

And, our continuing participation as a co-host for
SDForum's "Distinguished Speaker Series."

Read on for more detailed information about these great events.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2003
Tim Berners-Lee
"Documents, Data and People: World Wide Webs"
6:00 PM Member Reception
7:00 PM Discussion
Computer History Museum
1401 N. Shoreline Boulevard
Mountain View, CA
www.computerhistory.org/about/directions/Shoreline_TourEvents_Direction/

Free. (Suggested donation of $10.00 from non-members.)
Advance reservations required.
Please RSVP by Monday, October 20, 2003
For more information or to sign up online go to
http://www.computerhistory.org/timberners-lee_10222003/
or call 1-650-810-1013

ABSTRACT
This talk will look at the design and growth of the World Wide Web,
at the weblike connections between people, and toward a future
of a web of machine-readable knowledge.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2003
David Wheeler
"An Evening with David Wheeler"
6:00 PM Member Reception
7:00 PM Discussion
Microsoft
Silicon Valley Campus, Building 1
1065 La Avenida Ave., Mountain View, CA 94043
www.microsoft.com/usa/offices/SiliconValley.asp

Free. (Suggested donation of $10.00 from non-members.)
Advance reservations required.
Please RSVP by Monday, October 20, 2003
For more information or to sign up online go to
www.computerhistory.org/davidwheeler_10232003/
or call 1-650-810-1013

ABSTRACT
David Wheeler will describe some of his early experiences from
1947 onward after having been inspired by a lecture about the
ENIAC by Douglas Hartree. In the early years, he was involved
in the software and hardware design of Edsac (1949), Ordvac (1951),
Illiac (1952), Edsac2 (1953), Titan (1959), and other early machines.
At Berkeley in 1965, he designed the multiplexer for connecting
on-line terminals to the CDC 6500 Supercomputer. This was his
first use of integrated circuits which, at the time, had only two
NAND gates per chip!

David was trained as a mathematician, but always had the aim of
getting things practically right rather than theoretically correct.
Join us for a unique, revealing look at the early events that
influenced him.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23
Mitch Kapor, Founder, Open Source Application Foundation
"Ubiquitous Open Source"
COMPUTER HISTORY MUSEUM co-hosts SDForum's
Distinguished Speaker Series
6:00 PM Registration/Networking/Live Jazz
7:00 PM Talk Begins
PARC-George E. Pake Auditorium
3333 Coyote Hill Road
Palo Alto, CA
http://www.parc.com/about/directions.html

COST:
Pre-Registered: $10 Computer History Museum, CSPA, CPSR members
and OSAF volunteers - please register by phone (408-494-8378) to
receive discount. At the door: $15 SDForum, Computer History Museum,
Bay.NET, and CSPA Members. For more information
http://www.sdforum.org/SDForum/Templates/Level1.aspx?pid=546&sid=3

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12
Suhas Patil
"The Road Less Taken: The Technology Transitions of Suhas Patil"
For more information or to sign up online go to
www.computerhistory.org/suhaspatil_11122003/

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20
Will Wright
"Lessons from Game Design"
COMPUTER HISTORY MUSEUM co-hosts SDForum's
"Distinguished Speaker Series"
For more information:
www.sdforum.org/SDForum/Templates/Level1.aspx?pid=546&sid=3

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2003
Donald Knuth
"A Dozen Precursors of Fortran"
Lecture and Book Signing
For more information or to sign up online go to
www.computerhistory.org/donknuth_12032003/

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2003
John Gage
COMPUTER HISTORY MUSEUM co-hosts SDForum's
"Distinguished Speaker Series"
For more information:
www.sdforum.org/SDForum/Templates/Level1.aspx?pid=546&sid=3

Computer History Museum
1401 N. Shoreline Blvd.
Mountain View , CA 94043
(650) 810-1019 Phone
(650) 810-1010 Main Line
(650) 810-1055 Fax
URL: http://www.computerhistory.org/
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