RAND Symposia on computing transcripts 1958-1976

Davidson, Charles H.

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Oettinger, Anthony G.

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Anthony Gervin Oettinger (1929- ) is Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Mathematics and Professor of Information Resources Policy at Harvard University. As his titles imply, Dr. Oettinger's research interests extend to include not only computer science, but the social and political aspects of computers as they relate to communication and information policy. He teaches applied mathematics and information resources policy. Dr. Oettinger's research interests include the automatic transl...

Ryan, Edwin H.

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Chapin, Ned.

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Zemanek, Heinz

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Austrian computer scientist. From the description of Oral history interview with Heinz Zemanek, 1987 Feb. 14, 1987 Feb 16. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63288478 ...

Swanson, Robert

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Armer, Paul.

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Head of the Computer Science Dept. of RAND Corporation and later computer industry analyst. From the description of Oral history interview with Paul Armer, 1973 Apr. 16. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63306975 Paul Armer (1924-), an employee of the Rand Corporation, was a pioneer in computer development on the West Coast in the 1950s and 1960s. He was an officer of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Association for Computing Machines (ACM) in the 195...

Wagner, Francis V.

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Wagner began his career as a civil engineer in New York City in 1938. In 1944 he accepted a engineering position at North American Aviation in Los Angeles. There he became a major advocate of using IBM punched card processing equipment for aircraft design and development. In 1952 he was appointed manager of Engineering Computing. After North American purchased an IBM 701 computer in 1953, Wagner helped found and later was president of SHARE, an early IBM computer user group. In 1962 he helped es...

Yau, Stephen Shing-Toung

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White, Robert B. (Robert Bruce), 1944-

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Harris, Fred

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Teague, Robert

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Levine, Samuel, 1927-

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Cannon, George R.

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Finerman, Aaron, 1925-1994.

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Bemer, R. W.

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Software designer with International Business Machines (IBM). From the description of Oral history interview with R. W. Bemer, 1982 Feb. 23. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63288479 ...

Tupac, J. D.

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Rand Symposium.

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The day before the 1958 Western Joint Computer Conference a number of experts representing all facets of the profession met at the RAND Corporation to discuss current topics in computing. Each year an attempt was made to gather a homogenous group of experts for the one-day invitational symposium. The RAND Corporation sponsored the symposia through 1968. California State University, Northridge assumed responsibility for the symposia from 1969 until 1976. The group decided to disconti...

Ralston, Anthony.

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Straub, Eduard

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Shader, Melvin.

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Bernstein, Mort.

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McCracken, Daniel D.

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McCracken was a writer, lecturer, and consultant in the computer industry. He authored many books, including an early general textbook on programming, Digital Computer Programming (1957), and one of the first books on FORTRAN, A Guide to FORTRAN Programming (1961). He was active in the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and was elected to its council in 1974. He served as vice president (1976-1978) and president (1978-1980). From the description of Daniel D. McCracken papers, ...

Hammer, Carl, 1914-2004

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Hammer was born in Chicago, Illinois, educated in Germany, and received his doctorate in mathematics from the University of Munich in 1938. He was director of the Univac European Computer Center in 1955, joined Sylvania's Programming and Analysis Department in 1957, and later worked for the Radio Corporation of America's Surface Communications Division. In 1961 he became manager of RCA's Scientific Computer Applications, and in 1963 he became director of Computer Sciences at the Univac Division ...

Rifkin, Stan.

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Poland, Clarence.

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Bergstein, Harold.

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Evans, David J.

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Grosch, Herbert R. J.

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Papert, Seymour.

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Bright, Herbert S., 1919-1986.

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Bright began working with computers in the 1950s while chief of the laboratory instrumentation branch at the Radiological Defense Laboratory. He later worked at the Westinghouse Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory, the Office Equipment Manufacturers Institute, the computer and electronics division of Philco Corporation, and Informatics, Inc., before founding Computation Planning, Inc. (COMPLAN) in 1966. After 1975, COMPLAN concentrated on cryptographic protection for corporate data. From...

Koory, Jerry L.

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Licklider, J. C. R.

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Canning, Richard G.

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Sanders, Norman

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Swearingen, John K.

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Sprowls, R. Clay

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Tanaka, Richard I.

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Greenwald, Irwin.

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Mersel, Jules

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Weizenbaum, Joseph.

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Patrick, Robert L., 1929-

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Lonergan, William D.

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Sammet, Jean E., 1928-

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Sammet was a leading figure in the development of computer programming languages. She began her career at Sperry Gyroscope Company (1955-1958) and moved to Sylvania Electric Products in 1958 where she participated in programming development for the MOBIDIC Computer. In 1961 she joined IBM Corporation to manage their Boston Programming Center. There she conducted advanced development work in programming and produced the first Formula Manipulation Compiler. Between 1968 and 1978 Samme...

Galler, Bernard A., 1928-

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University of Michigan professor of mathematics, charter member of the department of computer and communication sciences (which later merged into the department of electrical engineering and computer science.) From the description of Bernard A. Galler papers, 1956-1994 (bulk 1960-1986) (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 78061100 Computer scientist. From the description of Oral history interview with Bernard A. Galler, 1991 Aug. (University of Minnesota...

Augustine, James

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Mills, Roger

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Hamming, R. W. (Richard Wesley), 1915-1998

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Amdahl, Gene.

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Ware, Willis H.

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Ware was a member of the research staff of the Institute for Advanced Study (1946-1951), and later joined the corporate research staff of the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica, CA. He was interested in the effect of computers on privacy, and served as chairman of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Automated Personal Data Systems for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (1972-1973), as well as vice chairman of the Privacy Protection Study Commission (1975-1977). Created by the Priva...

American federation of information processing societies

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The American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS) was established on May 10, 1961 to advance and disseminate knowledge in the field of information science, and to represent member societies on an international level. The federation was an outgrowth of the National Joint Computer Committee, which was established in 1951 to sponsor the Joint Computer Conferences. One of the main contributions of AFIPS was its sponsorship of the Joint Computer Conference, renamed the National Comp...

Campbell, Sullivan.

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Krehbiel, Anthony D., 1942-

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Davis, Charles Hargis, 1938-

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Hobbs, Linder Charlie, 1925-

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Gordon, Barry (Pianist)

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Walker, Donald

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Halstead, Maurice H. (Maurice Howard), 1918-

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Willenbrock, F. Karl.

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Rector, Robert.

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Madden, J. D.

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Atchinson, William.

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Gruenberger, Fred, 1918-1998

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Cunningham, Joseph Davey, 1812-1851

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Epithet: linen merchant, of Crieve British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000844.0x00031b Epithet: historian of the Sikhs British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000297.0x0001db ...

Van Norton, Roger.

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Glaser, George.

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Armering, George.

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Gilchrist, Bruce, 1959-

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Bruce Gilchrist received his doctorate in meteorology at the University of London, and then joined the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton in 1952. He became director of the computer center at the University of Syracuse, then joined IBM in 1959 where he became director of planning with the Service Bureau Corporation (1963-1965) and manager in the Data Processing Division (1965-1968). He served as secretary (1960-1962) and vice president (1962-1964) for the Association for Computing Machine...

Andree, Richard V. (Richard Vernon), 1919-1987

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Baker, C. L. (Carl Lee)

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Uncapher, Keith W.

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Guerra, Jose.

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Bromberg, Howard

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Atwood, Delbert.

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