For PGH folks -- CMU SCS HISTORY SEMINAR: Friday/Nov 22

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

THE SCS HISTORY SEMINAR SERIES
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Friday, 22 November 2002
1:00 pm - Wean Hall 5409
w/light refreshments


        DR. ART EVANS, JR.  (CS PhD, '65)


       "FROM SCS TO SCS"


ABSTRACT
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Long before there was a School of Computer Science, there was
an interdisciplinary program called System and Communication
Sciences. While much has happened in computer science since then,
I think it's important and interesting to look to the past to see
where the present came from.

In 1957-58, my first year as a graduate student in the Math Department,
I discovered the first computer to arrive on campus; I was hooked. I
switched my allegiance to the Computer Center (this was long before a
computer "department") and eventually completed my doctorate in 1965.
Until about 1963, when I (finally) devoted myself to thesis research,
I was involved with most of what went on concerning computers at
Carnegie.

I will share my reminiscences about computing at Carnegie
"in the old days."


BIO
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During his (too many, which requires an explanation!) years as a
graduate student at this school, Dr. Evans was privileged to participate
in the formative years of Computer Science here at Carnegie Mellon. After
completing his  doctorate in 1965, Dr. Evans served on the MIT faculty
for six years. Following several industrial positions and a visiting
professorship at the University of Utah in 1981-82, he returned to
Pittsburgh to join  Bill Wulf and others at the newly formed
Tartan Laboratories. Following that he consulted for several years.



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