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The Software
Council of Southern California is celebrating 15 years of
industry leadership and service in 2006
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This 1,000 square foot exhibit will follow
a five-decade-long chronological
plan, from the theoretical foundations developed by such computing
pioneers
as Alan Turing and Claude Shannon, to the development of PC chess software
and the drama
of IBM's chess-playing supercomputer, Deep Blue. from Stanford
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"The topic of chess is a fascinating way for visitors
of diverse
backgrounds to learn about computing history.
In addition to the public open house
from 1-5 p. Earlier in his career,
he worked at McKinsey + Company, Brown Brothers Harriman + Co
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These include the University of California at
Berkeley, Stanford University, the University of Aachen
and the universities
of Oxford, Manchester and Cambridge.qub.
According to John Toole, the
Museum's executive director and CEO, this
marks the first new exhibit since the institution relocated
to its home at
1401 N.
Reichert's keynote address will focus on "Innovation and
Entrepreneurship
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It is staffed by 120 academics, administrators,
post-doctoral fellows, research students and senior
research staff including
40 highly qualified industrial and academic researchers who have been
recruited
recently from around the globe.
The Computer History Museum, the world's
largest history museum
dedicated to the preservation and presentation of
the artifacts and stories of the information age
, will celebrate a new
physical and online exhibit, "Mastering The Game: A History of Computer
Chess
," at a special lecture presentation, 7 p., Saturday, September 10.
Visitors will explore the
multi-layered history of computer chess, listen
to chess software pioneers, learn the basics of chess
algorithms and
experience the sights and sounds of the era through vintage footage. In addition
, a
freestanding computer learning station will allow visitors to explore
software concepts, such
as the basic ideas that lie beneath all chess
software programs." Reichert has more than 20 years
of experience as an
entrepreneur and an operating executive.
About the Software Council
of Southern California
Software Council of Southern California is a non-profit association that
serves as a community for the region's software industry. It also
serves as a repository of information
and a clearinghouse on software industry
issues and policies for media and others outside the software
community.safeguards pioneers
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Employment and Learning, (GBP5. For
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" "Not only will this online
counterpart provide access to information
made available in the physical
exhibit, it will contain additional content and include access to
original
source materials, links to complementary organizations and allow visitors
to share their
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Chess resonates with the
general public as
a difficult problem to solve for people and machines
alike.
Sponsors associated with "Mastering
the Game: A History of Computer Chess"
include ACM (Association for Computing Machinery), Ropes
& Gray LLP and
Target.computing notches
"ECIT's mission is to stimulate major opportunities for economic growth
by pioneering future directions and innovations in key areas of advanced
technology, through the
integration of complementary research expertise. TORRANCE, Calif.nerds microcomputers
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The story starts in the earliest days of computing
and reflects general
advances in computer hardware and software over this period."
Entitled "Computer
History Museum Presents: The History of Computer Chess:
An AI Perspective," the 7 p., September 8
event will feature Murray
Campbell, Deep Blue project member, International Business Machines (IBM
);
Edward Feigenbaum, a Stanford artificial intelligence researcher; David
Levy, International
Computer Games Association, and John McCarthy,
professor, Stanford University.videogames copeland
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Future
phases will feature full museum exhibits including a timeline of computing
history, theme
galleries, and much more.2006 Software Industry Awards Keynote Address Will Be Presented by Bill Reichert
Managing Director of Garage Technology Ventures
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ECIT's new 40,000sq ft building houses state
-of-the-art laboratories,
offices and test facilities.m. Since joining Garage Technology
Ventures
in 1998, Bill has focused on early-stage information technology and
materials science companies.
Reichert earned a B.scsc.copeland babbage
The Museum is dedicated to exploring the
social impact of computing and
is home to the world's largest collection of
computing-related items -- from hardware (mainframes
, PCs, handhelds, key
integrated circuits), to software, to computer graphics systems, to
Internet
and networking -- and contains many one-of-a-kind and rare objects
such as the Cray-1 supercomputer
, the Apple I, the WWII ENIGMA, the
PalmPilot prototype, the 1969 Neiman Marcus (Honeywell) "Kitchen
Computer"
and the Minuteman I Guidance Computer.definitive videogames
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In addition, the institution has created
an online version of "Mastering
the Game: A History of Computer Chess.cbi obsolete
The Institute's activities
are overseen by industrialists representing
companies such as BT, Infineon and Xilinx and senior
researchers from
universities around the world.microprocessor safeguards
ECIT's backers include Queen's University
(GBP26. Debuting September 2005 is
a new exhibit, "Mastering The Game: A History of Computer Chess
., The Software Council of Southern
California today announced Bill Reichert, managing director of
Garage
Technology Ventures as the keynote speaker for the 2006 Software Industry
Awards.A. By
providing a
forum for the building of essential alliances, the exchange of information and
access
to resources and funding, the Software Council of Southern California
helps executives at the region
's software, software services and IT
organizations successfully reach the next stage in companies
' growth.categorically safeguards
In addition, TDK - the Japanese
electronics company - has located a six person R+D unit
in the new building. Professor McCanny says the centre will seek to
provide a healthy balance and
rich mixture of speculative 'blue skies' and
strategic/industrial research.
"ECIT will combine
advanced high technology research with mechanisms to
create and nurture related early stage high
technology companies which will
then move out to other facilities in the Science Park," Professor
McCanny
adds. They
will also learn about the development of chess-playing supercomputers
including
a special display featuring part of IBM's Deep Blue supercomputer
alongside a multimedia presentation
capturing the dramatic match between
World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov and Deep Blue.
About
the Computer History Museum
The Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, a public
benefit
organization, preserves and presents for posterity the artifacts and
stories of the information
age. The collection also includes photos,
films, videos, documents, and culturally defining advertising
and marketing
materials.org/awards/index.nerds curator
This panel, comprising of seminal
contributors to the
solution of this challenge -- including two of AI's
leading pioneers -- will discuss the origin and
development of computer
chess and what it tells us about ourselves and the machines we build.
Prior to Garage Technology Ventures, Reichert was a co-founder or senior
executive in several
venture-backed technology startups including Trademark
Software, The Learning Company and Academic
Systems.definitive punched
It also
describes how the work on computer chess led to important software
techniques
still in use today. The awards, which will be presented at a gala dinner event on
Wednesday, March
8, 2006, at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles,
honor individuals and companies that have
made extraordinary contributions to
the growth of Southern California as a center for technological
innovation.B. This is the Software Industry
Awards' 12th year recognizing individuals and companies
that have made
significant, superior contributions to Southern California's software
industry
. For more information on registration please visit the following Web
site: http://www.html.org.
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Northern Ireland (GBP8. "For the Museum, this exhibit is our 'opening move'
since
it serves as a prototype of others that we will develop throughout
the next phases of our evolution
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland, A new GBP40 million
world class research centre was officially opened
in Belfast today on the
site where some of the world's greatest ocean liners - including the Titanic
- were once built.PRESS RELEASE Computer History Museum Debuts New Exhibit 'Mastering The Game:
A History of Computer Chess'
Shoreline Boulevard in Mountain View, Calif. From this launching point
, visitors can explore some important
software concepts -- abstract and traditionally challenging
topics to
explain," said Toole., and the World
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The Institute is led by director,
Professor John McCanny FRS, a world
expert in the design of complex silicon chips for electronics
and video
communications applications. The evening presentation will be moderated
by Monty Newborn
, professor, McGill University and organizer, ACM Computer
Chess Championships (1970-1991).computerhistory
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, Thursday, September 8,
and at a public open house, 1-5 p., September
10, the
Computer History Museum will host a special presentation in conjunction
with the opening
of "Mastering The Game: A History of Computer Chess. For more information, please visit
http://www
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Set up by Queen's University, Belfast, the Institute for Electronics,
Communications
and Information Technology (ECIT) is based at the Northern
Ireland Science Park in Titanic Quarter
- once the centre of the world's
shipbuilding industry.
At present, the Institute accommodates
five teams whose interests cover
areas such as broadband wireless communications, electronic data
security,
video and image processing, telecommunications software and antenna design
for mobile
communications. Currently in its first phase, the Museum brings computing
history to life through
its Speaker Series, seminars, oral histories and
workshops. The Museum also offers tours of Visible
Storage, where nearly
600 objects from the Collection are on display.copeland definitive
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