The idea of phenotropics is to use similar pattern recognition techniques to connect software modules together inside the computer. Hopefully systems built in that way will display more informative failure modes, and therefore be more amenable to adaptive improvement. Another potential benefit is that scientific simula
This by-invitation-only event, hosted by the Computer History Museum and the Palo Alto Research Center and sponsored by 3Com, Cisco, HP and Intel, brings together the industry's pioneers and current leaders for a thought-provoking look at both Ethernet's impact and the future within the networked world. Presentation re
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n the mid-1970s, Harvard Business School student Dan Bricklin sought a way to quicken the tedious process of updating spreadsheets. He and friend Bob Frankston designed what became the first electronic spreadsheet, VisiCalc. Inspired by VisiCalc and other products, Mitch Kapor integrated a spreadsheet, a graphics progr
Join us as Judy tells the inside story of the people and experiences that have formed her remarkable career.
In the evening, there will be a celebration for Apple employees only (1977 to 1993) to get together to reminisce, argue, drink, eat and do what Apple Computer people have always done when they get together- come up with mind-blowing ideas that will change the world.
If you ever wondered about the following, then you should plan to attend... How did the database industry get started? How has it changed the face of business? What were the key milestones, the big obstacles and lessons learned? Join us as we investigate the personal stories of an incredible array of pioneering databas
In this talk, Gabriel looks at the problems and proposed directions for the way less traveled: biology, physics, and complexity science.
There is as much of Babbage's tale as there is of Ada's. The film is essentially about the development of ideas on automatic computation in the context of the collaboration between the two. The film will be of interest to historians of computing on this account alone. It is certainly the best filmic account of Babbage'
Separately, the work of John Hennessy and David Patterson has yielded direct, major impacts on the computing industry. John started the MIPS RISC project at Stanford, cofounded MIPS Computer Systems, and directed the DASH project. David drove the Berkeley RISC project, led the RAID effort, and participated in the NOW p
