Denison Bollay (born 1952) is a

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working on

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s and

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s, with applications for

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and financial information.

History

In 1975, Bollay became an early ''quant'' (before the term was invented), computing real-time option pricing. Real-time stock and option data was so new, he had to design and build his own hardware to interface his Data General Eclipse computer with the Bunker Ramo machine and ticker. Bollay is the author of ''ExperLogo'' and ''ExperLisp'', the first incrementally compiled

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languages for a personal computer, the Apple

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. He introduced the world to the first ''

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'' in 1986, and the first dynamic interface building tool ''Action!'' in 1988. He was also the creator of '' DynamicDocuments'' in 1988, the first object-oriented, multimedia

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system (built in the language

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), ''WebBase'', the first dynamic

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in 1995, and ''WebData'' (a

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of databases

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). In 1999, he founded ExperClick, the first

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internet auction market. The company's name was changed to AdECN in 2006. It was sold to

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in August 2007. He spun off a subsidiery, 3DStockCharts in 2000. It provided the first integrated real-time ECN stock market book in visual 3D graphics. Bollay was awarded . He has many pending

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s. He founded ExperTelligence in 1984, 3DStockCharts.com in 1999, ExperClick in 2000, and became Chairman of MicroMLS in 2004. He founded and still operates a wireless internet service provider Kiza, Inc. in Southern California in 2014. He is also one of the authors (with Mel Beckman and Brian Fox) of the ''BuddyCast'' peer-to-peer streaming media protocol.

Computer Camp

In 1980, Denison Bollay created ''The Original Computer Camp'', an outdoor

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ing experience for kids. It included horseback riding, campfires, and a hundred computers, including the

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, and

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. There were robots, ''

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'' (silicon based), and synthesized

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. It was featured on the front page of ''

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'', launching a trend that encouraged thousands of children to become interested in software. He graduated from

Harvey Mudd College Harvey Mudd College (HMC) is a private college in Claremont, California, focused on science and engineering. It is part of the Claremont Colleges, which share adjoining campus grounds and resources. The college enrolls 902 undergraduate students ...

in 1974.

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