Computer History Museum: UPCOMING EVENTS

Computer History Museum: UPCOMING EVENTS

[Eugene Miya]

NEXT UPCOMING EVENT on January 21
and more...

Tuesday, January 21, 2003
 U.S. Premiere of the new documentary film "To Dream Tomorrow"
 directed by Jo Francis and John Fuegi. The story of
 Ada Byron Lovelace and her work with Charles Babbage
 on the quest to build the first computer
  6:00 PM. Reception (PLEASE NOTE TIME CHANGE)
  7:00 PM   Film and Q&A session with the directors afterward
  Cubberley Auditorium, School of Education, Lausen Mall,
  Stanford University
  FREE to the public.  NO reservations required.

ABSTRACT
In 1843, Ada Byron Lovelace moved beyond her illustrious
predecessors Leibnitz and Pascal, and even her brilliant contemporary,
Charles Babbage, to describe universal computing much as we
understand it today. World authority on early computing devices,
Doron Swade of the London Science Museum states in "To Dream Tomorrow":
"Ada saw something that Babbage in some sense failed to see. In Babbage's
world his engines were bound by number. What Ada Lovelace saw was that
numbers could represent entities other than quantity."

With the aid of Ada's descendant, the Earl of Lytton, the directors have
done a fresh and comprehensive reading of Lovelace and Babbage material at
Oxford's Bodleian Library, the Woking History Center, the British Library
and in private collections. The film was shot at some of the most
dazzlingly beautiful locations in England.

SPONSORS:
- Computer History Museum
- Stanford University
  - Department of Communication
  - Institute for Research on Women and Gender
  - Senior Associate Dean, School of Engineering
  - Women in Computer Science
- Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities
EVENT URL: For directions and more information go to
http://www.computerhistory.org/events/lectures/ada_01212003/


Thursday, January 23, 2003
An SDForum series lecture on the Future of Software Development
CO-HOSTED by the COMPUTER HISTORY MUSEUM
   "The Road Not Taken"
   RICHARD P. GABRIEL, Distinguished Engineer, Sun Microsystems
   6:30-7:00pm Registration/Networking
   7:00-9:00pm Program
   PARC, Pake Auditorium
   3333 Coyote Hill Road, Palo Alto
   Cost: $15 SDForum members, Computer History Museum
   members and other co-sponsoring organization members
   $20 Non-members* /$25 Non-members* at the door
   * Non-members will receive a coupon for free admission
   ($15 value) to an SDForum Special Interest Group.
   EVENT URL: http://www.sdforum.com/p/calEvent.asp?CID=975

FEBRUARY
Monday, February 10, 2003
CHRIS DATE, HERB EDELSTEIN, BOB EPSTEIN, KEN JACOBS, PAT SELINGER,
ROGER SIPPL AND MICHAEL STONEBRAKER, WITH MODERATOR  GEORGE SCHUSSEL
"How Databases Changed the World"
   7:00 PM Panel Discussion
   Moffett Training and Conference Center, Bldg. 3
   Moffett Field, CA
   EVENT URL: http://www.computerhistory.org/database_02102003

MARCH
Wednesday, March 5, 2003
Title TBD
JUDY ESTRIN
   EVENT URL:  Watch for more information at
   http://www.computerhistory.org/events/latest/

APRIL
Tuesday, April 8, 2003
"The Origins and Impact of VisiCalc"
DAN BRICKLIN, BOB FRANKSTON AND MITCH KAPOR WITH
CHARLES SIMONYI
   EVENT URL:  Watch for more information at
   http://www.computerhistory.org/events/latest/

MAY
Tuesday, May 20, 2003
Art & Technology - Title TBD
JAMES CRUTCHFIELD AND JOHN SIMON
A collaboration with the Santa Fe Institute and Zero One:
the Art & Technology Network
   EVENT URL:  Watch for more information at
   http://www.computerhistory.org/events/latest/

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