[E-Lang] FW: TCMHC presents Dan Ingalls: "From Smalltalk to Squeak"

[Karp, Alan]

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From: TCMHC Lectures [mailto:lectures@computerhistory.org]
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 5:39 PM
To: TCMHC Lectures
Subject: TCMHC presents Dan Ingalls: "From Smalltalk to Squeak"


The Computer Museum History Center
presents

Dan Ingalls, Walt Disney Imagineering
"From Smalltalk to Squeak"

DATE & TIME:
Thursday, October 11 at 6:30 PM

LOCATION:
Xerox PARC
Pake Auditorium
3333 Coyote Hill Road, Palo Alto
650-812-4000

RESERVATIONS:
Advance reservations are required.
RSVP by Wednesday, October 10, 2001

Register online at
http://www.computerhistory.org/events/lectures/ingalls_10112001
or Call:  650-604-2714

ABSTRACT OF TALK:

Smalltalk-80, the language from which Squeak is derived, traces its roots to
the famous beanbag chair culture of Xerox PARC in the 1970s. Developed by a
team headed by Dan Ingalls, Smalltalk was to be the supporting software
environment for Alan Kay's visionary portable and networked Dynabook
computer -- a concept that remains compelling today. Though the original
Dynabook never came into being, Smalltalk took root and continued on.
Ingalls tells the story of how the forward-looking Smalltalk concepts and
capabilities have evolved into a modern environment called Squeak that could
still be... the supporting software environment for the Dynabook.

BACKGROUND OF SPEAKER:

Dan Ingalls has been the principal architect of five generations of
Smalltalk environments and is currently working with others on an
architecture for modular Squeak content that is shareable over the Internet.

Dan received his B.A. in physics from Harvard University, and his M.S. in
electrical engineering from Stanford University. He has received the ACM
Grace Hopper Award for Outstanding Young Scientist, and the ACM Software
Systems Award.

Information about The Computer Museum History Center
URL: www.computerhistory.org

********DIRECTIONS BELOW********

>From San Francisco:

- take Freeway 101 north to Highway 380
- take Highway 380 to Highway 280
- take Freeway 280 south toward San Jose
- exit at Page Mill Road and make a left turn, toward Palo Alto
- make a right turn at Coyote Hill Road
- Xerox PARC is on the left, just past the crest of the hill
- Pake Auditorium is located to the left of the main entrance down the
stairs

>From San Jose:

- take Freeway 280 north toward San Francisco
- exit at Page Mill Road and make a right turn, toward Palo Alto
- make a right turn at Coyote Hill Road
- Xerox PARC is on the left, just past the crest of the hill
- Pake Auditorium is located to the left of the main entrance down the
stairs

Map available at http://www.parc.xerox.com/location.html

CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS:

OCTOBER 17 at 6 pm
Doug Engelbart, C. Niklaus Wirth, Jean-Daniel Nicoud, Daniel Borel, Stuart
Card
"Early Computer Mouse Encounters"
Xerox PARC Auditorium
Palo Alto

OCTOBER 23 at 6 pm
2001 Fellow Awards Banquet and Special Reception with Swiss computer
artifact exhibit
The Fairmont Hotel
San Jose
http://www.computerhistory.org/events/fellows/

OCTOBER 24 at 6 pm
Fred Brooks, 2001 Fellow and Kenan Professor of Computer Science

NOVEMBER 8 at 6 pm
Don Knuth, Professor Emeritus, Stanford University
"Questions Answered"
Location to be determined

DECEMBER 6 at 6 pm
Eric Schmidt, Google, Inc.
Location to be determined

POSTPONED
Mitch Waldrop
Author of "The Dream Machine"
"The Revolution that Made Computing Personal"
New date to be announced

POSTPONED
Doron Swade, Author
"The Difference Engine"
The Tech, San Jose
New date to be announced

The Computer Museum History Center
Moffett Federal Airfield
Building T12-A
Moffett Field, CA 94035
(650) 604-2714 Phone
(650) 604-2579 Main Line
(650) 604-2594 Fax
URL: http://www.computerhistory.org/


        Cheers,
        --MarkM