A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to meet Dr. Peter Chen, inventor of the Entity-Relationship model (ER model). Dr. Chen visited the Microsoft Campus to present a lecture sharing his thoughts on the ADO.NET Entity Framework and how it is related to his original vision of the Entity-Relationship model.

[Thank you for Alex Barnett and his blog for this information.] Dr. Chen's original paper on the Entity-Relationship model (ER model), published in 1976, is one of the most cited papers in the computer software field. During his visit, we heard how his ideas on the ER model were formulated some 30 years ago, and how the industry has put these theories into execution.

I just posted the first of these recordings, a podcast, on Channel 9. It's pretty interesting stuff.

Keep your eyes open as we make further recordings available, including a Channel 9 video, coming soon!