Title :
Was early entry a competitive advantage? US universities that entered computing in the 1940s
Author_Institution :
Comput.. Res. Assoc., Washington, DC, USA
Abstract :
The author discusses whether early entry was a competitive advantage in academic computing. This is accomplished by examining the first three decades of computing at five universities - MIT, Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia and Princeton - that initiated computing programs in the 1940s.
Keywords :
educational computing; history; Columbia University; Harvard University; MIT; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Pennsylvania University; Princeton University; US universities; academic computing; competitive advantage; early entry; history; Business; Computer architecture; Computer industry; Computer science; Consumer electronics; Costs; Educational institutions; History; Military computing; Recruitment;
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
