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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.
Alan Kay, American computer scientist and winner of the 2003 A.M. Turing Award for his contributions to object-oriented programming languages, including Smalltalk, and to personal computing. He devised the Dynabook, a concept for a small tablet-style computer with a flat screen.
Nov 6, 2017 · Alan Curtis Kay is an American computer scientist best known for his pioneering work on object-oriented programming and windowing graphical user interface design. While at the ARPA project at the University of Utah in the late 1960s, he invented dynamic object-oriented programming.
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.
Alan Kay is considered by some as the “father of personal computers” because he envisioned a small computing system in the 1970’s, long before notebook computers were available. The One Laptop per Child program and the Children’s Machine have adopted his concepts about children and learning.
Apr 2, 2013 · Born in 1940, computer scientist Alan Curtis Kay is one of a handful of visionaries most responsible for the concepts which have propelled personal computing forward over the past thirty years...
Jul 1, 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.
