KIT-Fakultät für Informatik

To mark the 40th anniversary of the Connection Machine (CM), early developers will be attending the conference "Envisioning AI: Legacy and Impact of the Connection Machine" at the ZKM in #Karlsruhe:

Brewster Kahle (CM engineer & founder of the Internet Archive, @brewsterkahle)
Lew Tucker (CM software architect)
Tamiko Thiel (CM designer)

March 27–28, 2026, ZKM, free admission, 📢 English, will also be streamed

Agenda and all details:
https://zkm.de/en/2026/03/envisioning-ai-legacy-and-impact-of-the-connection-machine

#ConnectionMachine #RetroComputing

Mar 26 at 5:48pmWeb
Show threadKIT-Fakultät für Informatik1d ago

The conference conveyed how fascinating and inspiring the Connection Machine was for its developers & users. These speakers described the CM's technical legacy and impact:

Danny Hillis (Co-founder of TMC)
Thomas Haigh (History Department, UW Milwaukee)
Brewster Kahle (CM engineer)
Lew Tucker (CM Engineer)
Joseph Bates (Head of Billion Core)
Heiner Igel (Seismology, LMU Munich)
Thomas Lippert (Jülich Supercomputing Centre)
Johannes Schemmel (Neuromorphic Computing, HD University)

Show thread🦠Toxic Flange (Gurjeet)🔬⚱️🌚1d ago

@KITInformatik @brewsterkahle Livestreaming of Day 2 blocked by WMG in Canada for copyright. :(

"This video contains content from WMG, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds"

Show threadKIT-Fakultät für Informatik1d ago

@Toxic_Flange @brewsterkahle Thanks for pointing this out. All I can say now is that it is even not working here in Germany 🙄

Since Day 1 is available, I assume that YouTube has blocked the video. But I will also contact the originators at ZKM and see if there is anything they can do.

Show thread🦠Toxic Flange (Gurjeet)🔬⚱️🌚1d ago
@KITInformatik @brewsterkahle But I can still order a T-Shirt with the CM-1 logo ! :D
Show threadKIT-Fakultät für Informatik1d ago
@Toxic_Flange There is also a special T-shirt issued for the conference based on the original design. It is for sale in the ZKM shop, but I couldn't find it in the web shop.
Show thread🦠Toxic Flange (Gurjeet)🔬⚱️🌚1d ago
@KITInformatik Oh! Good to know, thank you! I'll keep my eye on it and fingers crossed it does :)