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Alan Curtis Kay (born May 17, 1940) is an American computer scientist best known for his pioneering work on object-oriented programming and windowing graphical user interface (GUI) design. At Xerox PARC he led the design and development of the first modern windowed computer desktop interface.
May 13, 2024 · Alan Kay (born May 17, 1940, Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.) is an American computer scientist and winner of the 2003 A.M. Turing Award, the highest honour in computer science, for his contributions to object-oriented programming languages, including Smalltalk, and to personal computing.
Alan Kay not only coined this favorite tech-world adage, but has proven its truth several times. A true polymath, as well as inventor, he has combined engineering brilliance with knowledge of child development, epistemology, molecular biology and more.
Kay was a visionary force at Xerox PARC in the development of tools that transformed computers into a new major communication medium. His credo was, “the best way to predict the future is to invent it.”
Alan Kay stars in The HISTORY Channel's series Alone. Find out more about Alan Kay and the rest of the cast on The HISTORY Channel.
Jun 5, 2024 · Dr. Alan Kay, President of Viewpoints Research Institute, Inc., is a CHM Fellow, inducted in 1999. He is one of the earliest pioneers of object-oriented programming, personal computing, and graphical user interfaces.
Jun 19, 1993 · To what does Alan Kay, one of computing’s great innovators, owe his creative vision? He dreamt up the portable computer in 1968, when computers were huge, shared mainframes used only by experts.
