Alan Kay
Computer Scientist & Visionary | Inventing the Personal Computer
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Alan Kay is a pioneering computer scientist and visionary whose ideas shaped the personal computer revolution. As a researcher at Xerox PARC, he conceived the Dynabook, an early precursor to the modern laptop.
Kay's work on object-oriented programming and graphical user interfaces laid the foundations for technologies we use every day. A former professor at the University of Utah and now a senior fellow at the Viewpoints Research Institute, Kay's keynotes blend technical depth with a profound understanding of how innovation transforms human potential.
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With all the intensity and brilliance for which he is known, Alan Kay envisions better techniques for teaching kids by using computers to illustrate experience in ways -– mathematically and scientifically -- that only computers can.
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