John Lions Distinguished Lectures
Date and time
Location
Leighton Hall, John Niland Scientia Building
UNSW Sydney
Kensington
Sydney, NSW 2052
Australia
A celebration of operating systems and open source - past, present and future.
About this event
IN-PERSON AND DIGITAL - LIVESTREAM EVENT
We invite you to join us for the inaugural John Lions Distinguished Lectures on Thursday, 27 May 2021.
Join us for a series of thought-provoking lectures from globally renowned researchers, academics, technologists, policy makers and practitioners in Computer Science and Engineering.
In a world where computing plays an ever-increasing role in shaping society and our future, our speakers will expose you to leading-edge topics in computer science that will inspire and encourage innovation.
Join our speakers as they challenge you to consider how computing can improve our lives and help us address the challenges we face.
Program
Note: During the registration process you are able to select which sessions you would like to attend.
Session 1
Welcome & message from Unix co-creator Ken Thompson
Gernot Heiser, John Lions Chair, UNSW Sydney (In-person presentation)
9:30 AEST | 19:30 EDT | 16:30 PDT | 1:30 CDT
Fireside chat with John O'Brien
Brian Kernighan, Co-author of the famous "K&R" book on the C Programming Language at Bell Labs & John O'Brien, Former student of John Lions(Hybrid presentation)
9:40 AEST | 19:40 EDT | 16:40 PDT | 1:40 CDT
The early days of UNIX at UNSW
John O'Brien, Former student of John Lions (In-person presentation)
10:10 AEST | 20:10 EDT | 17:10 PDT | 2:10 CDT
When Databases met UNIX: A Love Affair
Margo Seltzer, OS researcher, UBC (Virtual presentation)
10:20 AEST | 20:20 EDT | 17:20 PDT | 2:20 CDT
BREAK
10:50 AEST | 20:50 EDT | 17:50 PDT | 2:50 CDT
Session 2
Hints and principles for computer system and design
Butler Lampson, OS researcher, Microsoft, Turing Laureate (Virtual presentation)
11:05 AEST | 21:05 EDT | 18:05 PDT | 3:05 CDT
BREAK
12:05 AEST | 22:05 EDT | 19:05 PDT | 4:05 CDT
Session 3
From UX (User Experience) to DX (Developer Experience)
Elizabeth Churchill, Director UI, Fuchsia, Google (Virtual presentation)
14:00 AEST | 0:00 EDT | 21:00 PDT | 6:00 CDT
The Go Programming Language and Environment
Rob Pike, co-creator Plan 9 @ Bell Labs, co-creator of Go Language, Google (In-person presentation)
14:40 AEST | 0:40 EDT | 21:40 PDT | 6:40 CDT
BREAK
15:20 AEST | 1:20 EDT | 22:20 PDT | 7:20 CDT
Session 4
FOSS over the years
Andrew Tridgell, creator of Samba, AU open-source hero (Virtual presentation)
15:35 AEST | 1:35 EDT | 22:35 PDT | 7:35 CDT
Navigating through The Good, The Bad and The Ugly - FOSS Communities from an Australian Perspective
Sae Ra Germaine, President Linux Australia (Virtual presentation)
16:15 AEST | 2:15 EDT | 23:15PDT | 8:15 CDT
BREAK
16:55 AEST | 2:55 EDT | 23:55PDT | 8:55 CDT
Session 5
The sel4 microkernel: From research breakthrough to real-world deployment
Gernot Heiser, John Lions Chair, UNSW Sydney (In-person presentation)
17:10 AEST | 3:10 EDT | 0:10 PDT | 9:10 CDT
Lessons Learned from 30 Years of MINIX
Andy Tanenbaum, creator of Minix, FU Amsterdam (Virtual presentation)
17:50 AEST | 3:50 EDT | 0:50 PDT | 9:50 CDT
Closing & Announcement
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About the series
This lecture series has been established in honor of the life of John Lions, a previous Associate Professor at the School of Computer Science and Engineering. John was well-known for his impactful teachings and for his line-by-line commentary of the Unix V6 source code, also referred to as the ‘Lions Book’ which became the ‘The Most Famous Suppressed Manuscript in Computer History. This year marks the 45th anniversary of the Commentary, and the 25th anniversary of the book being officially published.