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Dertouzos Lecturer Series 1980-1984

Grace M. Hopper , Captain, Naval Data Automation Command - U.S. Navy
Possible Futures: Hardware, Software and People
Date: January 13 1982

Jacob Schwartz , Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, Courant Institute, New York University
Ultra Computers
Date: February 14 1980

William A. Norris , Chairman & Chief Executive Officer - Control Data Corp.
Evolution of the Best Business Strategy in the World
Date: February 19 1982

Robin Milner , Professor of Computer Science, Department of Computer Science, University of Edinburgh
Language, Meaning, Computation and Proof
Date: February 23 1984

Richard W. Hamming , Adjunct Professor, Naval Postgraduate School
Scholasticism and Modern Science
Date: March 12 1982

Alan W. Kay , Vice President and Chief Scientist - Atari Corp.
Too Many Smart People: A Personal View of Design in the Computer Field
Date: March 22 1984

Brian Randell , Professor of Computing Science, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
From Analytical Engines to Electronic Computers. The Contributions of Ludgate Torres y Queve and Bush
Date: March 25 1980

William M. Wulf , Professor of Computer Science Carnegie-Mellon University
PQCC: A Machine-Relative Compiler Technology
Date: April 16 1982

Dana Scott , Professor of Mathematical Logic, University of Oxford
What is Denotational Semantics
Date: April 17 1980

Manuel Blum , Professor of Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley
Three Impossible Problems: 1. Coin- Flipping by Telephone, 2. Exchanging Secrets, 3. Certifying Electronic Mail
Date: April 26 1984

Richard M. Karp , Professor of Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley
What We Have Learned About Polynomial-Time Computation
Date: May 21 1982

Steven P. Jobs , Chairman, Board of Directors Apple Computer, Inc.
The Impact of Personal Computers
Date: October 11 1984

Peter E. Hart , President, Syntelligence, Inc.
Managing Artificial Intelligence in Transition
Date: October 20 1983

Roger C. Schank , Chairman, Department of Computer Science, Yale University
Getting Computers to Explain Themselves
Date: November 15 1984

Robert A. Kowalski , Professor of Computational Logic, Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London
Logic Programming
Date: November 17 1983

Edward D. de Castro , President, Data General Corp.
Managing Technologies in the 1980's
Date: December 9 1981

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