Title :
Graduate student experiences at Illinois
Author :
Miller, Raymond E.
Author_Institution :
Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
This article describes various experiences of a 1950s graduate student who worked at the University of Illinois´s Digital Computer Laboratory. Anecdotes recount some of the era´s rigorous academic requirements and early work assignments performed for the IBM 701 and Illiac computers.
Keywords :
digital computers; history; 1950 graduate student experiences; Digital Computer Laboratory; IBM 701 computers; Illiac computers; University of Illinois; Continuing education; Contracts; Electrical engineering; Laboratories; Logic circuits; Logic design; Mathematics; Military computing; Physics; Testing; 1950s computing; Digital Computer Laboratory; University of Illinois; graduate student experiences;
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MAHC.2006.31
