The rise and fall of the committee on mathematical tables and other aids to computation

Author

Grier, David Alan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Int. Affairs, George Washington Univ., Washington, DC, USA

Volume

23

Issue

2

fYear

2001

Firstpage

38

Lastpage

49

Abstract

The National Research Council´s Committee on the Bibliography of Mathematical Tables and Other Aids to Computation (MTAC) was the first professional organization in the US. It held the first public conference on computers in 1945 and published the first journal of record for computing. It was chaired by R.C. Archibald, who held strong views about the nature of professional organizations, views that often conflicted with the visions of others

Keywords

computation theory; exhibitions; history; mathematics; professional aspects; societies; Archibald; Committee on the Bibliography of Mathematical Tables and Other Aids to Computation; MTAC; National Research Council; US; computation aids; computers; mathematical tables; professional organization; professional organizations; public conference; Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Bibliographies; Computer vision; Control systems; Councils; Educational institutions; Humans; Military computing; Standards organizations; US Government;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1058-6180

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/85.929910

Filename

929910