Institute activities: Joint AIEE-IRE computer conference in Philadelphia attracts over 900

More than 900 engineers, scientists, and mathematicians attended the Joint AIEE-Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE) Computer Conference held in Philadelphia, December 10–12, 1951. This meeting afforded the first opportunity for manufacturers and users of large-scale digital computing equipment to exchange information on results obtained from completed machines. Ten computers were described in some detail, including two machines located in Great Britain.