• DocumentCode
    884589
  • Title

    Stanford, the IBM 650, and the First Trials of Computer Date Matching

  • Author

    Gillmor, C. Stewart

  • Author_Institution
    Wesleyan Univ., Middletown, CT
  • Volume
    29
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    74
  • Lastpage
    80
  • Abstract
    In 1959, two Stanford undergraduate electrical engineering students enrolled in Math 139, theory and operation of computing machines, and as a final class project, devised the "Happy Families Planning Service". They used the IBM model 650 computer, pairing up 49 men and 49 women, for the first known computer-date-matched party
  • Keywords
    computer science education; educational computing; educational courses; Happy Families Planning Service project; IBM model 650 computer; Math 139 course; Stanford undergraduate electrical engineering students; computer-date-matched party; Analog computers; Circuit analysis computing; Computer science; Contracts; Education; Electrical engineering; Mathematics; Numerical analysis; Statistics; Time sharing computer systems; IBM 650; Stanford; computer date matching; history; humor; student life;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1058-6180
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MAHC.2007.13
  • Filename
    4211741
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=884589