Lynn Conway, transgender pioneer of VLSI design methodology

i.   Preface ii.  My Personal Background iii. Dedication iv. Contents   [go to PART I] , [go to PART II] , [go to PART III] , [go to PART IV] , [go to PART V] , [go to PART VI]     PART I: CHILDHOOD AND EDUCATION   1. Early Childhood Bliss The Nightmare Begins Dreams 2. Education Public School Years M.I.T. My Early Transition Attempt What am I to do? Columbia University Loneliness, Companionship, Responsibility Time to go to work   PART II: EARLY CAREER THROUGH TRANSITION   3. IBM Research & IBM-ACS The ACS Project Dynamic Instruction Scheduling The Sweet Time - an Illusion of Normalcy Evolving the ACS-1 Machine Designing the ACS Design Process Personal Failure and Angst Climbing Help Appears Just In Time Confronting Reality   4. Transition Project Cancellation! Suddenly, I'm Fired By IBM Completing my TS transition Looking for a new job   PART III: STARTING OVER   5. Starting All Over Again Memorex Corporation Restarting my Engineering Career and my social life The Memorex 7100 The Memorex 30 Team Having Fun The 4004 Appears Project Cancellation! What Next?   6. Xerox PARC The SIERRA Project SIERRA Aftermath Formation of the VLSI System Design Area at PARC The idea of "designing design methods" But then, what to do with "the methods"? A death in the family The idea of writing "the book" Our secret weapons: the Alto, Ethernet, Laser Printers and Arpanet The crash effort begins     PART IV: ON TO SUCCESS   7. M. I. T. The '78 VLSI System Design Course The Results   8. Back at PARC Serious "push back" from the establishment begins The idea of MPC79 Running MPC79: The Network Adventure Then suddenly, success! The DARPA VLSI Program The VLSI Startups MPC Technology Transfer to Start the MOSIS Service Mead and Conway: collaborators and antagonists Memories of ACS-1 remain alive The Question of Love Reflections on PARC Formation of the Knowledge Systems Area at PARC Explorations in Knowledge Programming and Collaboration Technology Time to Move On?     PART V: MOVING ON AND GETTING A LIFE   9. DARPA The Strategic Computing Initiative The SCI Team and the Planning Process SCI Program Technology and Methods Changing Habits Professional Recognition Reconnecting with Kelly and Tracy Moving to Michigan   10. University of Michigan The North Campus Expansion Kelly and Tracy Visit Getting a Life Robotics and Tele-autonomous Systems Visual Communications and Control The Question of Adventure It's Time to Reflect   11. A Footnote   12. A Reflection   PART VI: EPILOGUE

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