History of computing
This week in our column “History of computing”: Aaron Swartz; Gene Amdahl; Robert Fano.
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History of computing
This week in our column “History of computing”: Mitch Kapor; Aiken Approaches IBM Attempting to Create Giant Brain; Internet Boasts 100 Million Sites; Barbara Liskov.
History of computing
On October 25, 1928 was born Peter Naur. He was a Danish computer science pioneer and Turing award winner. His last name is the “N” in the BNF notation (Backus–Naur form), used in the description of the syntax for most programming languages. He contributed to the creation of the ALGOL 60 programming language.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Naur On October … Learn more …
History of computing
On October 18, 1921 was born Beatrice “Trixie” Helen Worsley. She was the first female computer scientist in Canada. She received her Ph.D. degree from the University of Cambridge with Alan Turing and Douglas Hartree as advisers, the first Ph.D granted in what would today be known as computer science. She wrote the first program … Learn more …
History of computing
This week in our column “History of computing”: John Vincent Atanasoff; Sheila Adele Greibach; Henriette Davidson Avram.
History of computing
This week in our column “History of computing”: James H. Wilkinson; Seymour Roger Cray; Vernor Steffen Vinge.
History of computing
This week in our column “History of computing”: Jennifer Tour Chayes; Programming Error May Have Contributed to Plane Crash; Computer Code Could Be Copyrighted; Computer Maker Honeywell Seeks Partner
History of computing
This week in our column “History of computing”: Daniel Weinreb; Jean Veronis; George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer; The ENIAC girls; Successful Test of the First Integrated Circuit.
History of computing
This week in our column “History of computing”: Joseph Frederick Traub; Margaret Rock; Daphne Koller.