Organizations Filed Purposes:
THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS TO IMPROVE "POWERFUL IDEAS EDUCATION" FOR THE WORLD'S CHILDREN AND TO ADVANCE THE STATE OF SYSTEMS RESEARCH AND PERSONAL COMPUTING.
VIEWPOINTS RESEARCH BUILDS EVERYTHING IT INVENTS AND ENGINEERS PROTOTYPES WITH AN EMPHASIS ON USABILITY. OUR FINAL YEAR OF RESEARCH COVERED FOUR AREAS: TEACHING AND LEARNING POWERFUL IDEAS, POWERFUL IDEAS CONTENT AND HOW TO REPRESENT IT, USER INTERFACES THAT AID LEARNING AND DOING, AND INVENTING FUNDAMENTAL NEW COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES.OUR ORGANIZATION DISTRIBUTED OUR FREE, OPEN SOURCE EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE - "SQUEAK ETOYS" AND "CROQUET" - WITH EXAMPLES AND DOCUMENTATION TO TENS OF THOUSANDS OF USERS SINCE THE SOFTWARE HAS BEEN CREATED.IN ADDITION TO COMMUNICATION VIA THE INTERNET, THE INSTITUTE COMMUNICATED WITH EDUCATORS, DEVELOPERS, AND USERS THROUGH PRESENTATIONS AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES, PUBLIC LECTURES, AND AT ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS. BOOKS HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED IN MANY LANGUAGES INCLUDING ENGLISH, FRENCH, GERMAN, PORTUGUESE, JAPANESE, KOREAN AND CHINESE TO HELP SPREAD OUR RESEARCH AND IDEAS AND THE USE OF THE NEW COMPUTING MEDIA DEVELOPED BY THE INSTITUTE.DR. ALAN KAY, PRESIDENT OF VIEWPOINTS RESEARCH, HAS GIVEN LECTURES AND DEMONSTRATIONS AT TECHNICAL CONFERENCES, TO ACADEMIC AUDIENCES, BUSINESS AUDIENCES, AND PUBLIC GATHERINGS TO SHOWCASE THE FINDINGS OF OUR RESEARCH.THE ORGANIZATION CEASED ITS PROGRAM SERVICES AND RESEARCH ON DECEMBER 31, 2017. A CERTIFICATE OF DISSOLUTION WAS FILED WITH THE CALIFORNIA SECRETARY OF STATE ON JANUARY 5, 2018.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Kimberly Rose | Secretary | 40 | $123,220 |
| Dr Alan Kay | President | 32 | $108,586 |
| Edwin Kaehler | Computer Scientist | 40 | $42,313 |
| Aran Lunzer | Computer Scientist | 40 | $32,981 |
| Daniel Amelang | Computer Scientist | 40 | $0 |
| Selwyn Gerber | Treasurer | 1 | $0 |
| Chunka Mui | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Leonard Kleinrock | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Matthew Mccauley | Director | 1 | $0 |
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