• DocumentCode
    1439802
  • Title

    State Support for the Expansion of UK University Computing in the 1950s

  • Author

    Clark, Martyn

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Leeds, Leeds, UK
  • Volume
    32
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    23
  • Lastpage
    33
  • Abstract
    Fifty years ago, a major injection of government funding allowed six UK universities to purchase commercially produced computers. The funding facilitated a significant increase in computing resources for science and engineering research in the UK. Two government agencies-the University Grants Committee and the Advisory Committee on High Speed Calculating Machines-played notable roles in this process.
  • Keywords
    computer aided instruction; educational institutions; government; Advisory Committee on High Speed Calculating Machines; UK state support; UK university computing; University Grants Committee; commercially produced computers; government funding; Application software; Computer aided manufacturing; Computer science; Instruments; Military computing; Physics computing; Proposals; Reliability engineering; US Government; User-generated content; Brunt Committee; Computer science education; UK; University Grants Committee; universities;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1058-6180
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MAHC.2010.25
  • Filename
    5430758
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1439802