A concept video and Alan Kay talk at WWDC '90 (VPRI 358)
Alan Curtis Kay (born May 17, 1940) is an American computer scientist who worked at Apple Computer and is best known for his pioneering work on object-oriented programming and windowed graphical user interface (GUI) design.[1]
Education
Kay received a bachelor's degree in mathematics and molecular biology from the University of Colorado Boulder in 1966. He received M.S. in electrical engineering in 1968 and a Ph.D. in computer science in 1969 from the University of Utah College of Engineering.[2]
Career
In 1970, Kay joined Xerox PARC in Palo Alto, California, where he developed object oriented programming concepts that led to the creation of Smalltalk. He also developed the Dynabook concept at Xerox, a predecessor to the tablet computer.[3] From 1981 to 1984, Kay was Atari's Chief Scientist.[2]
Apple Computer
Alan Kay Interview (1990)
Kay joined the Apple Advanced Technology Group (AATG) and was designated an Apple Fellow in 1984.[4][5] He spoke at the 1990 Worldwide Developers Conference.[6] In December 1995, Kay collaborated with other engineers to adapt Smalltalk into a new programming dialect called Squeak. He left Apple with the closure of AATG in 1997.[2]
After Apple
Kay then joined Walt Disney Imagineering as a Disney Fellow.[2] He founded the Viewpoints Research Institute in 2001 and remained its the president of the Viewpoints Research Institute until its closure in 2018. Kay is an adjunct professor of computer science at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is also on the advisory board of TTI/Vanguard. Until mid-2005, he was a senior fellow at HP Labs, a visiting professor at Kyoto University, and an adjunct professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).[7]
Recognition
Kay was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Royal Society of Arts.[8]
References
- ↑ ACM Turing Award (2003). published by the Association for Computing Machinery. 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Alan Kay. I Programmer (13 November 2009).
- ↑ "History of Programming Languages II", ACM Press, Addison-Wesley.
- ↑ Eisenhart, Mary. Fighting Back For Mac, MicroTimes, 1997. Retrieved May 26, 2006.
- ↑ Hertzfeld, Andy. Leave of Absence, Folklore.org, March 1984. Retrieved May 26, 2006.
- ↑ Alan Kay talk at WWDC 1990, Reddit. 2019-02-27.
- ↑ Paczkowski, John (21 July 2005). HP converting storied garage into recycling center. Good Morning Silicon Valley. Media News Group.
- ↑ Kay, Alan (1997). The Computer Revolution Hasn't Happened Yet.
