Past Events

Speaker Series

Worm: The First Digital World War. Author Mark Bowden and Microsoft’s T.J. Campana in Conversation with John Markoff of The New York Times

Tuesday, October 25, 2011 6:00 PM

We are very pleased to welcome John Markoff of The New York Times back to our stage to moderate a conversation about the Conficker worm and the wages of this digital war, with author Bowden and T. J. Camapana, Senior Program Manager for Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit. Campana is responsible for investigating cybercri

Speaker Series

An Analog Life: Remembering Jim Williams

Saturday, October 15, 2011 6:00 PM

Join us for this special night and learn about the importance and impact of analog circuits on current technology and be inspired by the life and work of Jim Williams.

Speaker Series

Venture Capital in the Valley: Past, Present & Future

Wednesday, September 21, 2011 6:00 PM

This event is part of our 2011 lecture series celebrating Revolutionaries, featuring conversations with and about some of the most distinguished thinkers in the computing field. The Revolutionaries lecture series complements the launch of the Computer History Museum's permanent exhibition, Revolution: The First 2000 Y

Speaker Series

Software Patent Debate

Wednesday, August 24, 2011 12:00 PM

Proponents of software patents argue that software deserves the protection of patents just as any other invention does. Critics of software patents argue that they stifle innovation rather than promote it by cutting off the free flow of ideas needed to advance technology.

Speaker Series

MIPS: Risking It All on RISC

Wednesday, July 27, 2011 12:00 PM

Stanford University President John Hennessy and MIPS colleagues Bob Miller, Skip Stritter and Joe DiNucci will discuss the story of MIPS, a groundbreaking company in the computer industry. In 1981, Hennessy led the Stanford research team that developed a Reduced Instruction Set Computing (RISC) microprocessor that h

Speaker Series

SOMETHING VENTURED

Thursday, July 14, 2011 6:00 PM

About the Film. SOMETHING VENTURED tells the story of the creation of an industry that went on to become the single greatest engine of innovation and economic growth in the 20th century. It is told by the visionary risk-takers who dared to make it happen...Tom Perkins, Don Valentine, Arthur Rock, Dick Kramlich and oth

Speaker Series

The History of Magnetic Striped Media Technology – A Lecture by Jerome Svigals

Wednesday, June 29, 2011 12:00 PM

Magnetic striped media are used by more than 80% of the world's population. They are swiped through slot readers more than 50 billion times a year. They are used for financial transactions, automatic teller machines, mass transit access, identification and access control devices. Their information content is specified

Special Event

Future History Makers: Technocracy Now!

Wednesday, May 25, 2011 6:00 PM

Speaker Series

Computer Conservation in the United Kingdom: The EDSAC Replica Project

Wednesday, May 11, 2011 6:00 PM

The Computer History Museum is very pleased to welcome Kevin Murrell to our stage for a lecture about computer conservation in the United Kingdom. Mr. Murrell will provide an overview of the British Computer Society’s Computer Conservation Society (CCS) and its restoration projects, including the EDSAC replica project,

Speaker Series

Sir Maurice Wilkes: The Man and His Machine

Wednesday, May 11, 2011 6:00 PM

This event is part of our 2011 lecture series celebrating Revolutionaries, featuring conversations with and about some of the most distinguished thinkers in the computing field. The Revolutionaries lecture series complements the launch of the Computer History Museum’s permanent exhibition, Revolution: The First 2000 Ye