DocumentCode
931594
Title
Graduate student experiences at Illinois
Author
Miller, Raymond E.
Author_Institution
Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Volume
28
Issue
2
fYear
2006
Firstpage
56
Lastpage
62
Abstract
This article describes various experiences of a 1950s graduate student who worked at the University of Illinois´s Digital Computer Laboratory. Anecdotes recount some of the era´s rigorous academic requirements and early work assignments performed for the IBM 701 and Illiac computers.
Keywords
digital computers; history; 1950 graduate student experiences; Digital Computer Laboratory; IBM 701 computers; Illiac computers; University of Illinois; Continuing education; Contracts; Electrical engineering; Laboratories; Logic circuits; Logic design; Mathematics; Military computing; Physics; Testing; 1950s computing; Digital Computer Laboratory; University of Illinois; graduate student experiences;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1058-6180
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MAHC.2006.31
Filename
1631915
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