Gordon D. Goldstein papers, 1950-1979.

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Gordon D. Goldstein papers, 1950-1979.

Consists of subject files containing reports, memoranda, electronic mail print outs, and notes created by Goldstein as an electronics engineer and research administrator at the Office of Naval Research. Some of the material appears to have been gathered in his role as editor of the Digital Computing Newsletter. Topics include: Spring Joint Computer Conferences of the American Federation of Information Processing Societies, the International Federation for Information Processing Congress 65, David W. Taylor Model Basin Applied Mathematics Laboratory, ARPANET (electronic mail) correspondence and program documentation, European computing, computer-assisted language translation, and the UNIVAC computer.

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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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...

Goldstein, Gordon D.

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Electronics engineer and, later, research administrator at the Office of Naval Research. From the description of Gordon D. Goldstein papers, 1950-1979. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63306923 ...

International Federation for Information Processing.

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The International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) is an umbrella organization for national information processing organizations. It was established in 1960 under the auspices of UNESCO. IFIP organizes a number of events, including conferences, working groups and workshops, and general assemblies.Information taken from the IFIP web site, http://ifip.or.at. From the description of International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) conference papers 1966-1986. (Univ...

David W. Taylor Model Basin. Applied Mathematics Laboratory

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United States. Office of Naval Research

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The original "Survey of large-scale computers and computer projects" was published by the Office of Naval Research in 1947 and 1948. It was revised and updated in 1950 under the title, HIGH-SPEED COMPUTING DEVICES (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1950). This work was contracted out to the Minneapolis, Minn., firm of Engineering Research Associates and was an attempt to survey the state of computer technology at a time when the Navy was weighing the possibility of supporting the development of the electro...