Author :
Mounier-Kuhn, Pierre-E.
Author_Institution :
CNRS and Université Paris-Sorbonne
Abstract :
Born in Paris in 1926 and educated as a telecom engineer, Jean Carteron created the scientific computing department of Electricité de France in 1952. He then moved to the computer service industry, first within SEMA, then as founder and chairman of STERIA. He was also active in learned societies, as cofounder of the French computing society (AFCET) and as general secretary of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP).
Keywords :
Educational institutions; Filters; Helium; History; Information processing; Operations research; Power engineering computing; Scientific computing; Telecommunication computing; Telephony; AFCET; Banque Nationale de Paris; Bull; Carteron; Electricité Honeywell-Bull Services; IFIP; Leasco; Minitel; Ross Perot; SEMA; STERIA.; capital risk; computer service industry; de France; facilities management; software industry;
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MAHC.2010.23
