Alan Kotok was an American computer scientist. He was known for his contributions to the Internet and World Wide Web through his work at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), to computer engineering through his work at Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), and to gaming for his work on computer game and computer chess programs built at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Kotok recorded a video oral history at the Computer History Museum in 2004. Wikipedia
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The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international consortium where Member organizations, a full-time staff, and the public work together to develop Web standards. W3C primarily pursues its mission through the creation of Web standards and guidelines www.w3.org/
Long before Alan came to W3C, his experience established him as one of the early wise men of computer science. One of Alan's undergraduate creations was the first video game, Spacewar, which he and several classmates created for the PDP-1 in 1962. Alan www.ercim.org/publication/Ercim_News/enw66/w3c_2.html
Revered computer scientist Alan Kotok (pictured), known for everything from his work on the DEC PDP-10 and being on the team that invented the joystick to his more recent involvement with the W3C, died recently. News comes via Frank Cohen of XQueryNow, w opensource.sys-con.com/read/230239.htm
Kotok had a long career in the tech field after joining MIT at 16. He helped create the first game, he designed one of the first gaming controllers, and the world of gaming is indebted to his spirit and love of all things fun. He'll be missed. We may t arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2006/7/11/4600
Alan Kotok headed to MIT as a freshman in electrical engineering in the fall of 1958. That year he joined the Signals and Power Subcommittee at the MIT Model Railroad Club. This group proved to be highly adept at understanding complex technical systems www.computerhistory.org/pdp-1/index.php?f=theme&s=3&ss=6
This article is about Alan Kotok who was associate chair of W3C . Alan B. Kotok who is the managing editor of Science Careers is also called Alan Kotok . ... Kotok was born in 1941 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania though his family lived in Vineland in s www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Alan_Kotok
