Pete Theisinger, the Manager of the Mars Exploration Rover Project through its development, and now Manager of the 2009 Mars Science Laboratory Project, will describe the challenges of developing the two Mars Exploration Rovers in just three years. He will discuss the design process, relate the myriad challenges and se
The entrepreneurs who created the first consumer-software companies gather to reminisce about the early days and recall the lessons learned in the founding of a new industry. Scott Cook is co-founder of Intuit; Doug Carlston is co-founder of Broderbund Software; Trip Hawkins is founder of Electronic Arts and 3DO. Stewa
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.
