Creation of the concept of modern personal computing and contribution to its realization
                                                                                                           

 IN THE LATE 1960s, Dr. Kayenvisioned "creating a computer to support the intellectual endeavors of individuals," and conceived of a "personal computer" which is portable and user-friendly. This idea was totally opposite during the height of the development of mainframe computers, and represented a complete paradigrn shift in what a computer was and how it could be used. In 1972, he proposed the "Dynabook" machine, which embodied the ideal features of ease of use even for children, and wireless network connectivity .He was one of the principal designers of the Alto personal computer at PARC (Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center) which employed the first overlapping window user interface (GUI). Such a GUI system had a major influence on the development of the Macintosh computer and the Windows operating system. In addition, Smalltalk, a programming development environment, was an object-oriented system that made a major contribution to later programming development. Since the early 1970s, Dr. Kay has been involved in computer education for children using Smalltalk, including its latest version Squeak. Through his more than 30 years of personal dedication, Dr. Kay has made fundamental contributions to the dramatic expansion of computer applications and has promoted our intellectual activities today.

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