Computer science in Russia: a personal view

Author

Klimenko, Stanislav V.

Author_Institution

Inst. for High Energy Phys., Moscow, Russia

Volume

21

Issue

3

fYear

1999

Firstpage

16

Lastpage

30

Abstract

The paper presents a personal view of Russian (former Soviet Union) computer science based on the author´s experience during 1965-1995. The outline of Russian computer science´s vertical integration structure as well as a cursory look at the regional structure are described. The research topics under investigation of Russian computer science institutions are listed. A detailed picture of computer development starting from the 1950s and of the characteristics of the major development teams is given. Special attention is paid to finding the factors that led to the crash of the computer industry. The strategy blunders are noted

Keywords

DP industry; computer science; government policies; history; politics; research and development management; Russia; Russian computer science; Soviet Union; computer development; computer industry crash; computer science institutions; major development teams; personal view; regional structure; research topics; strategy blunders; vertical integration structure; Application software; Computer crashes; Computer industry; Computer science; Educational institutions; Electrical capacitance tomography; History; Production; Read only memory;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1058-6180

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/85.778979

Filename

778979