Welcome to the home page for celebrations associated with the HAL 9000 computer and HAL's Legacy: 2001's computer as dream and reality. You can see the MIT Press page for the book, see much of the text, hear sounds from the film and obtain ordering information here.
"2001: HAL's Legacy," a television documentary created by David G. Stork, Produced by the Independent Communication Associates (InCA) and funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, will air nationwide on PBS starting Tuesday, November 27, 2001. Check local listings here or on the PBS press site.
Face plate of HAL from the set of 2001: A Space Odyssey
Panel members at the 1998 American Film Institute/Sloan Seminar celebrating the 30th Anniversary of "2001: A Space Odyssey." Left to right: Doron Weber (Sloan Foundation), Tom Hanks (actor/producer), Keir Dullea (actor, 2001), Gary Lockwood (actor, 2001), Andrew Chaikin (science writer), David G. Stork (scientist), Joan Horvath (engineer), Bill Anders (Apollo 8 astronaut) and Jean Firstenberg (Director, AFI).
Arthur C. Clarke/"2001" Gala at the Playboy Mansion, November 15, 2001. Danny Hillis (Chairman and Chief Technology Officer, Applied Minds) and Greg Papadopoulos (Chief Technology Officer, Sun Microsystems) in foreground.
The information below is as accurate as possible at the time of posting; nevertheless times and dates are subject to change. You should confirm times and locations through the contact information given. If you have specific questions, feel free to mail me.
Below is a list of publications and events (book readings, full lectures, and celebrations) associated with the birth of HAL -- January 12, 1997 (as given in the novel 2001). Here is the abstract for the talk.
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1 (Monday) "The Legacy of '2001': Kubrick's film offers
glimpse of future and past" by Stephanie Schorow, Boston Herald, Lifestyle
section, pages 1 and 2. 2 (Tuesday) Article on HAL and 2001
by Joel Reese in the Daily Herald,
Arlington Heights, IL.
4 (Thursday) 7-9am local time, Report on the state of robotics,
including a short interview with D. G. Stork on ABC Television's "Good
Morning America." Monolith "discovered" in Seattle. Article on HAL and 2001 in the Globe and Mail (Toronto).
"2001: A
Scorecard" by Gary Stix, page 36 in the January issue of
Scientific American. Article by J. Rentilly on the
re-release of "2001: A Space Odyssey" in Gallery Magaine. Article on HAL by Borys Krawczeniuk
in the Times Shamrock, Scranton, PA. Article by J. Rentilly on the
re-release of "2001: A Space Odyssey" in TNT's Rough Cut. 7 (Sunday) "HAL Now: An Odyssey of
man versus machine in 2001" by Jeff Gammage,
The Philadelphia Inquirer Sunday
Magazine, pages 12-17.
12 (Friday) HAL's fourth
birthday.Review of HAL's Legacy by Arthur
L. Norberg, ISIS volume 91 number 2 page 407 (2000).
Interview with David Stork on ABC radio, Australia. 9 (Tuesday) 11am - noon Eastern
time. Interview with David Stork and others concerning "2001" on
WHYY-FM, Philadelphia PA. "2001: A Puzzle Odyssey, Also
Sprach Frank and Dave" by Scott Kim, including a short reference to "HAL's
Legacy," page 94 in the January issue of Discover Magazine.
Special exhibit on 2001: A Space
Odyssey memorabilia at The Tech Museum of
Innovation, San Jose, CA.25 (Thursday) 8:30am, "The HAL 9000
and the vision of 2001: A Space Odyssey" by David G. Stork Electronic
Imaging 2001, San Jose, CA. Article on HAL in the Boston Herald
by Stephanie Schorow. "2001: Why HAL never happened" by
Steven Levy, pages 50-53 of special issue of Newsweek magazine, "Issues 2001."Article on HAL by Lane Lambert in The Patriot Ledger, Massachussets.Article on HAL by Chad Swiatecki in
the Flint Journal, Michigan. "Open the Pod Bay Doors, HAL" by
Roger Smith, in Software
Development magazine, volume 9, number 1, pages 32-37. Review of HAL's Legacy in Film
and Video magazine (Los Angeles, CA).
4 (Sunday), article on HAL by Deborah
Gutierrez A. (in Spanish) in la Tercera (Chile).6 (Tuesday) 6pm, The HAL 9000 computer
and the vision of 2001: A Space Odyssey by David G. Stork, Computer Museum History Center at Moffett Field, CA.9 (Saturday) "2001: Destination
Space" exhibit opens at The Tech Museum of
Innovation, 201 South Market Street, San Jose, CA 95113. Call
408-294-TECH for more information.15 (Thursday) "Thus Spake, With
Prescience, Arthur C. Clarke" by Michael Pollak, New York Times, page D11.
Documentary on
the cultural and scientific impact of "2001," Metropolis television show,
German television, Cologne (also viewable in France). 8 (Tuesday) 9-10am Presentation on
HAL and computer science in science fiction films by David G. Stork,
"Welcome to the Future" program at the Intel International Science and
Engineering Fair (IISEF), San Jose CA. 8 (Tuesday) 6pm "The HAL 9000
computer and the vision of '2001: A Space Odyssey'," lecture by David G.
Stork at ICASSP 2001 (International
Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing), Salt Lake City UT. 12 (Saturday) The HAL 9000 computer
and the vision of '2001: A Space Odyssey,' lecture by David G. Stork at The Tech Museum of Innovation, 201 South Market
Street, San Jose, CA 95113, call 408-294-TECH for details.
5 (Tuesday) 4:15pm "2001: HAL's
Legacy" documentary shown at Stanford University, TCSeq 101. 8 (Friday) 3pm "2001: HAL's Legacy"
documentary shown at MIT. Contact Barbara Miller for details. 18 (Monday) The HAL 9000 computer
and the vision of "2001: A Space Odyssey", presented at IBM T. J. Watson Research Center. 18 (Monday) Mention of HAL's Legacy
website at MIT in Grand Rapids Press, MI. 3 (Friday) "2001: A race oddity -- Rush is on for 'HAL' computer to perfect A.I." by Winda Benedetti, pages A1 and A12, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle WA. 8 (Wednesday) 11:40 am-12:40pm, "The HAL 9000
computer and the vision of '2001: A Space Odyssey'" lecture by David G.
Stork at IJCAI (International Joint
Conference on Artificial Intelligence), Seattle WA. 20 (Monday) 6pm Pacific Standard
time, Dennis Gonzales interviews Arthur C. Clarke, Henry Lang (set designer
for "2001") and David G. Stork (editor of "HAL's Legacy," and creator of
"2001: HAL's Legacy" PBS documentary) on KFJC FM 89.7 at Foothill College,
Los Altos Hills (San Francisco Bay Area). The show will also be broadcast on the Internet at
http://www.kfjc.org/netcast.html. 3 (Monday) "2001: Destination
Space" closes at The Tech Museum of Innovation. 21 (Friday) 5pm. Special preview
showing of "2001: HAL's Legacy" documentary, with discussion, Baskin Hall room 156, University of
California at Santa Cruz. 5 (Friday) through 18: "2001: A
Space Odyssey" re-released at The
Cinerama, 2100 4th Avenue, Seattle, WA. Call 206-441-3080 for information. 9 (Tuesday) 7:30pm Preview showing
of "2001: HAL's Legacy" documentary, with discussion, at BAY CHI, Xerox PARC, 3333 Coyote Hill
Road, Palo Alto, CA. 29 (Monday), "The HAL 9000 computer
and the vision of '2001: A Space Odyssey'," lecture by David G. Stork,
Nichols College, Dudley MA. Call
(800) 470-3379 for more information. 30 (Tuesday), "The HAL 9000 computer
and the vision of '2001: A Space Odyssey'," lecture by David G. Stork,
Loyola Marymount University, One LMU
Drive, Los Angeles CA. 31 (Wednesday) "Exploring the
future of AI: Expert discusses legacy of '2001: A Space Odyssey'" by Jean
Laquidara Hill, about Dr. Stork's lecture at Nichols College, Telegram and Gazette, Worcester, MA. 15 (Thursday) Celebration for
"2001" and Arthur C. Clarke, hosted by Tom Hanks and James Cameron at the
Playboy Mansion, Los Angeles, CA, including live webcast interviews with James Cameron, Patrick Stewart, Frank Drake, David G. Stork and others. 15 (Thursday) 7pm Premier screening
of "2001: HAL's Legacy" at the Bay Area
Video Coalition (BAVC), 2828 Mariposa Street (2nd floor), San Francisco CA. Call Victoria at InCA
415-389-5000 for details. 17 (Saturday) Interview with David
G. Stork on HAL by Anna Meller in AI News. 20 (Tuesday) 6:00pm Preview showing
of "2001: HAL's Legacy" documentary, with discussion, through the Computer Museum History Center, room B1 Gates Hall, Stanford University. 21 (Wednesday) through December 6:
"2001: A Space Odyssey" re-released at The Castro Theatre,
Castro Street at Market, San Francisco, CA. Call 415-621-6120 for more
information. 23 (Tuesday) "His pal HAL," interview
with David G. Stork on HAL, science by Doug Caldwell, page 32 The San Jose Business
Journal. 27 (Tuesday) 9pm (in each time zone)
"2001: HAL's Legacy" documentary,
to air nationwide on PBS television. See the 2001: HAL's Legacy site for
details and schedules, and PBS
Press room page for information. 27 (Tuesday) David G. Stork
interviewed on BBC's "The World," concerning HAL. 27 (Tuesday) "Odyssey looks at HAL's
legacy and state of affairs" by Peter Delevett, San Jose Mercury, 1C and 5C,
on "2001: HAL's Legacy" documentary. 28 (Wednesday) "Filmmaker contrasts
movie's '2001'" vision with reality" by David Boyce, page 7 in The Almanac (Portola Valley CA). 10 (Monday) "The HAL 9000 computer
and the vision of '2001: A Space Odyssey'" keynote lecture by David G.
Stork at Winter Simulation
Converence (A Simulation Odyssey), Crystal Gateway Marriott, Arlington,
VA. 11 (Tuesday) "The HAL 9000 computer
and the vision of '2001: A Space Odyssey'" keynote lecture by David G.
Stork, awards ceremony, IEEE Boise
Section. 24 (Monday) 9am David Stork,
Rodney Brooks and John McCarthy interviewed by Michael Krasny on "Forum," KQED-FM radio, 88.5 FM, San
Francisco Bay area.2002
12 (Tuesday) 5:30 reception 6:30
lecture, "The HAL 9000 computer and the vision of 2001: A Space Odyssey"
at the University of
Maryland Department of Physics. 19 (Tuesday) Showing of "2001: HAL's
Legacy" through the MIT Club of Northern
California, Intel Headquarters, Mountain View CA, 7pm. Contact Neeta Verma for details.