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Colloquia In addition to the everyday coursework, the univeristy held a colloquium series, inviting luminaries from all across the field of computer science. Financiers, activists and researchers at the cutting edge of new technologies came to give their perspectives and share some of their work. Philip Greenspun Software Engineering Professionalism Fred Martin To Mindstorms and Beyond: Evolution of a Construction Kit for Magical Machines Richard Stallman The Free Software Movement and the GNU/Linux Operating System Chip Hazard Financing eBusinesses Marc Hamilton Software Engineering at Internet Speeds Philip Greenspun One-Day Internet Applications Course Allen Shaheen Experience as one of the Founders of Cambridge Technology Partners David Parmenter Things I Learned the Hard Way: Engineering and Computer Science in the Real World Gerald Jay Sussman The Legacy of Computer Science Michael Sipser The History and Status of the P versus NP Question Robert Sloan What to do when the Teacher is an Ignoramus or a Liar: Learning from Queries even when the Answers to the Queries are Wrong Jothy Rosenberg Basic Mechanics of Startup Financing, Equity and IPOs: What Engineers Should Know