Documentary Night: Computer Pioneer - Douglas Engelbart
Documentary Night: Computer Pioneer - Douglas Engelbart
Douglas Engelbart - Computer Pioneer
Douglas Carl Engelbart (January 30, 1925 – July 2, 2013) was an American engineer and inventor, and an early computer and Internet pioneer. He is best known for his work on founding the field of human–computer interaction, particularly while at his Augmentation Research Center Lab in SRI International, which resulted in creation of the computer mouse, and the development of hypertext, networked computers, and precursors to graphical user interfaces. These were demonstrated at The Mother of All Demos in 1968. Engelbart's law, the observation that the intrinsic rate of human performance is exponential, is named after him.
AFTER the documentary - we can have a brief discussion session. NOTE: You must supply your own soda pop and popcorn! :-)
Trivia may also follow, so bring your Jeopardy hats too
Date and Time
- Date: 31 Jan 2025
- Time: 05:30 PM to 07:30 PM
- All times are (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
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- Starts 26 December 2024 12:00 AM
- Ends 31 January 2025 12:00 AM
- All times are (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
- No Admission Charge
Speakers
Doug Engelbart
Agenda
5:30 PM - Welcome and Introductions, Chapter business update; (on your own) Pizza, Popcorn and Soda Pop
5:35 PM - Documentary
6:40 PM - End of Documentary; Start of Q & A; Group Discussion
7:00 PM - Wrap Up
ALL times are in EST/EDT (UTC-4 or UTC-5) depending upon local day light savings times in when effect
An IEEE Southeastern Michigan Section event. All are welcome. Consider becoming an IEEE member if such similar events are of professional/academic interest to you/
