Allen Cypher
My main research interests are programming by demonstration and end-user programming -- giving all computer users capabilities that have traditionally belonged to programmers.
I am currently working on the CoScripter project at IBM Research. Prior to that, I was one of the founders of Stagecast Software. I was in the Advanced Technology Group at Apple Computer for 9 years. My main projects at Apple were Cocoa, Eager, and Watch What I Do.
I received a B.A. in mathematics from Princeton University in 1975, a Ph.D. in computer science from Yale University in 1980, and spent several years as a post-doc in cognitive science at the University of California, San Diego.
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"Watch What I Do: Programming by Demonstration" was published in 1993 by MIT Press. It describes 18 different programming by demonstration systems, has a preface by Alan Kay, and includes a chronology, a test suite, a glossary, and an extensive bibliography.
The entire text of the book is available on the web.
Desktop pictures
A view of the Rockies taken from my hang glider over Telluride, CO
I have other hang gliding photos.
A monk in Bangkok.
I have some photos of Nepal,
including a 360 degree
panorama of Chukung, in the Everest region,
and some other travel photos.
A church in Russia.
I have some web links for Russia.
Good Reads
Other
Andy Cockburn on Vampire: He's rightside up in New Zealand.
