Ken Iverson centenary

Iverson College

Join us and a distinguished panel of contributors to remember Ken Iverson and discuss the future of his revolutionary notation.

EVENT EXPANDED: more tickets now available!At Harvard, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_E._Iverson" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Kenneth E. Iverson</a> devised a mathematical notation for his work with economist Wassily Leontieff. Leontieff’s work won him the Nobel Prize. Iverson’s notation won him the Turing Award. It is the foundation of the programming languages APL, A+, J, k, and q. On the centenary of Iverson’s birth, we join a group of distinguished contributors to remember Ken and consider the future of “the notation”. <ul><li>Roger Hui, implementor of the J programming language</li><li>Leslie Goldsmith, Kx Systems, former Director of Software Development at I.P. Sharp Associates</li><li>Morten Kromberg, CXO of Dyalog Ltd </li><li>Aaron Hsu, designer, Co-dfns compiler</li><li>Dave “Eclipse” Thomas</li><li>Devon McCormick, NYC J User Group</li><li>Gilgamesh Athoraya, host of SwedAPL</li><li>Nick Psaris, author of Fun Q and Q Tips</li><li>三枝協亮, APL Japan </li><li>Rebecca Kelly, Kx Systems, NYC Tech Evangelist of the Year 2020 </li><li>Kdbcn Workshop, authors of kdb+中文教程</li></ul>Host: Stephen Taylor, Kx LibrarianThis list continues to change…<blockquote>Before APL was called APL, it was called “Iverson notation”. Ken mused that it should be called simply “the notation”. After all, we don’t say “God’s grass”, just “the grass”. — Paul Berry </blockquote>

Ken Iverson and Arthur Whitney , New York City, 1989Thanks to the British APL Association for hosting this event. The event will be recorded; by ordering a ticket you agree to this.

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