A
link is provided in the Museum for organizations to contact
us regarding submitting such content
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and at a public open house, 1-5 p.m.
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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.
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About MCOL
MCOL is focused on helping professionals position
themselves for a
new kind of health care in the 21st Century. 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.photos related
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phases will feature full museum exhibits
including a timeline of computing
history, theme galleries, and much more.links battle
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In addition to the public open house
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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.an shop
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.history abstract
This unique site is dedicated to
providing
a repository of historical managed care data for health care
professionals, researchers, students
, speakers preparing
presentations, the media and the general public.m. From this launching point
, visitors can explore some important
software concepts -- abstract and traditionally challenging
topics to
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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.battle biography
----MCOL, the
premiere
business-to-business health management and managed care
resource company, is pleased to announce
the launch of a free public
web site: www. MCOL delivers knowledge
resources to health management
, managed care, and other health
professionals through Membership services, HealthcareWebSummits,
Directories and Reports from the HealthQuest Publishers division,
e-learning software, e-commerce
, specialty web sites, e-business
solutions and news releases through the HealthExecWire division
.htm, or
call 209-577-4888. The evening presentation will be moderated
by Monty Newborn, professor
, McGill University and organizer, ACM Computer
Chess Championships (1970-1991).history board
For more information
, please visit www.
"The topic of chess is a fascinating way for visitors of diverse
backgrounds
to learn about computing history.org.links line
Organizations submitting accepted content are cited as a Museum
Patron.abstract gallery
Clive Riddle, MCOL president, says, "In celebration of MCOL's 10th
anniversary providing
knowledge resources to managed care and health
management professionals, we're delighted to open
the Managed Care
Museum, where admission will always be free of charge, and important
past information
on managed care will remain readily available to
those who seek it. MCOL
is based in Modesto,
California, with additional offices in Portland,
Oregon.
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.biography chess
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(Click here for details
) top thinkers in the fields of artificial intelligence,
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., 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.history photos
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Chess resonates with the
general public as a difficult problem
to solve for people and machines
alike., 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. 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. The collection
also includes photos,
films, videos, documents, and culturally defining advertising and marketing
materials.chess board
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Shoreline Boulevard in Mountain
View, Calif.
In addition, the institution has created an online version of "Mastering
the
Game: A History of Computer Chess."
Entitled "Computer History Museum Presents: The History of Computer
Chess:
An AI Perspective," the 7 p. Debuting September 2005 is
a new exhibit, "Mastering The Game:
A History of Computer Chess.alexandra wgm
It also
describes how the work on computer chess led to important software
techniques still in use today. Currently in its first phase, the Museum brings computing
history
to life through its Speaker Series, seminars, oral histories and
workshops.abstract an
"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. For more information, please visit
http://www.computerhistory
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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. 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.m.chess line
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A virtual tour of the Managed Care Museum includes
timelines;
library of narrative history; a gallery of images; a "Hall of Defunct
Plans" with a
database of plans no longer in existence; 20th century
archives database with representative managed
care documents and data;
and free subscription signup for the MuseumWire e-newsletter.
Claire
Thayer, MCOL vice president of Research and Development,
adds, "While we've opened the Managed Care
Museum with a very
interesting collection of information, we also continue to welcome
submission
of historical content to the Museum from interested
organizations, such as representative plan documents
, historical
articles and papers or current papers on the history of managed care,
links to historical
photos and images, and representative historical
data.com/about." "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 computer chess stories," Toole said.an wgm
PRESS RELEASE Computer History
Museum Debuts New Exhibit 'Mastering The Game: A History of Computer Chess'
Sponsors associated
with "Mastering the Game: A History of Computer Chess"
include ACM (Association for Computing Machinery
), Ropes & Gray LLP and
Target. The Museum also offers tours of Visible Storage, where nearly
600
objects from the Collection are on display.links biography
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