Murray Turoff: Father of Computer Conferencing

Author

Subramanian, Ramesh

Author_Institution

Quinnipiac University

Volume

34

Issue

1

fYear

2012

Firstpage

92

Lastpage

98

Abstract

In 1971 Murray Turoff, a computer scientist working in the Office of Emergency Preparedness, Executive Offices of the President of the United States, was tasked with developing an electronic information and communication system to aid the US government´s response to emergencies. The resulting Emergency Management Information System and Reference Index (EMISARI), based on a smaller system Turoff created the previous year, is often considered the first computer mediated, multimachine communications and conferencing system and an early precursor to many of today´s chat, messaging, conferencing, and collaboration systems.

Keywords

emergency services; EMISARI; Murray Turoff; computer conferencing; electronic information and communication system; emergency management information system and reference index; emergency preparedness; multimachine communications; Biographies; Emergency services; Teleconferencing; US Government agencies; Electronic Information Exchange System (EIES); Emergency Management Information System and Reference Index (EMISARI); Murray Turoff; Office of Emergency Preparedness; Starr Roxanne Hiltz; The Network Nation; computer-based communications; computer-mediated conferencing; history of computing; networked communities;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1058-6180

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MAHC.2012.12

Filename

6161675