IP: TCMHC presents Dan Ingalls: "From Smalltalk to Squeak"

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> 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/



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