David Kalat

September 01, 2020 | Legaltech News

In this month's lesson on the history of cybersecurity, David Kalat explains how one man's fixation on "transmitting photos of grandkids" changed the face of communications.

By David Kalat, BRG

6 minute read

August 04, 2020 | Legaltech News

This month's lesson on the history of cybersecurity looks at the use of computer technology to predict crime and allocate police resources—and the lasting legacies that have resulted.

By David Kalat, BRG

6 minute read

July 07, 2020 | Legaltech News

This month's history of cybersecurity and legal technology examines how dial-up modems came to be used for voice calls, and where it fits into the future of communications.

By David Kalat, BRG

6 minute read

June 05, 2020 | Legaltech News

This month's lesson on the history of cybersecurity and legal technology examines how facial recognition developed by looking at a 3-D problem in a 2-D way.

By David Kalat, BRG

6 minute read

May 05, 2020 | Legaltech News

This month's history of cybersecurity looks at how Grace Hopper's plan to "return to being a mathematician" evolved into the most commonly used programming language for business applications in the mid-20th century.

By David Kalat, Berkeley Research Group

5 minute read

April 01, 2020 | Legaltech News

Today is Census Day, with the ability to submit information online and the use of sophisticated database technology to derive statistics from raw counts. But for more than a century, punch card automation was perhaps the most remarkable longevity of anything in computer science.

By David Kalat, BRG

5 minute read

March 03, 2020 | Legaltech News

As we head into Super Tuesday, this month's look back at the history of cybersecurity and computing examines when a computer predicted some unbelievable results for the 1952 presidential election.

By David Kalat, BRG

6 minute read

February 10, 2020 | Legaltech News

It may seem like a drunk man's ramblings, but the early days of computers relied on vast roomfuls of liquid to store what today seem like pitifully small amounts of electronic data.

By David Kalat, BRG

6 minute read

January 10, 2020 | Legaltech News

For many women of her social station in her era, Ada Byron Lovelace's would have made her reputation—but Ada is known today for her pioneering work in what came to be computer science.

By David Kalat, BRG

6 minute read

December 02, 2019 | Legaltech News

More than 60 years ago, when digital computers that could do rote and automated tasks were still gaining acceptance, pioneering information theorist Claude Shannon announced he had successfully built a machine capable of learning from its mistakes and teaching itself how to improve.

By David Kalat, BRG

5 minute read