David G. Stork is Chief Scientist at Ricoh Silicon Valley's California Research Center and Consulting Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. His most recent books include HAL's Legacy: 2001's computer as dream and reality (MIT Press) and Pattern Classification (2nd ed.) by R. O. Duda, P. E. Hart and D. G. Stork (Wiley). He is the creator of "2001: HAL's Legacy," a forthcoming television documentary for PBS television.
