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SRI International's 60th Anniversary Celebration
On November 6, 2006, SRI International marked 60 years of R&D innovation with a celebration at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. More than 400 clients, friends, current staff members, and SRI alumni attended this special event, which included a presentation by Dr. Curtis Carlson, SRI's president and CEO. Technology forecaster Paul Saffo moderated a panel of SRI luminaries from the past, including Douglas Engelbart, Paul Cook, Phil Green, and Don Nielson.
John Toole, the Museum's executive director and CEO,
opened the event and introduced SRI's 60th anniversary documentary movie. |
Curt Carlson gave a presentation on some of
SRI's most important innovations. |
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A panel told stories from SRI's past and took questions from the audience. (From left to right: moderator Paul Saffo, Doug Engelbart, Phil Green, Don Nielson, and Paul Cook.
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SRI alums Hew Crane (inventor/developer of several technologies, including an all-magnetic logic computer) and Bill English (chief engineer on the first computer mouse). |
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The event featured technology demonstrations from SRI's pioneering Speech Technology and Research (STAR) Laboratory and from Blue Oxen, a company
exploring collaboration tools originally developed by SRI alumni Doug Engelbart and team. |
More than 400 people attended the celebration. |
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