Title :
State Support for the Expansion of UK University Computing in the 1950s
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Abstract :
Fifty years ago, a major injection of government funding allowed six UK universities to purchase commercially produced computers. The funding facilitated a significant increase in computing resources for science and engineering research in the UK. Two government agencies-the University Grants Committee and the Advisory Committee on High Speed Calculating Machines-played notable roles in this process.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; educational institutions; government; Advisory Committee on High Speed Calculating Machines; UK state support; UK university computing; University Grants Committee; commercially produced computers; government funding; Application software; Computer aided manufacturing; Computer science; Instruments; Military computing; Physics computing; Proposals; Reliability engineering; US Government; User-generated content; Brunt Committee; Computer science education; UK; University Grants Committee; universities;
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MAHC.2010.25
