Vacuum tube computers, including the Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC) and the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC), signaled the transition from mechanical to electronic computing in ...

The history of computers from 1930 to the present is a story of extraordinary progress, tracing humanity’s journey from ...

Inspired by A New History of Modern Computing by Thomas Haigh and Paul E. Ceruzzi. But the selection of key events in the journey from ENIAC to Tesla, from Data Processing to Big Data, is mine ...

The first electronic computer was built during the 1940s by John Vincent Atanasoff, a professor of physics and mathematics at Iowa State University, and one of his students, Clifford E. Berry. But ...

Haigh and Ceruzzi tackled the challenge of writing a definitive, comprehensive history of an ever-changing technology, by breaking the seventy-five years (1945-2020) of “modern computing” into ...

Episode 6 focuses on the 1980s and computing’s role in robotics and more. CMU’s oral-history archives continue to grow, said Bernabo.

Computing History, Part IIIPerhaps the most exciting convergence is happening via our growing partnerships with the College of Business. Programs in data science and MIS (management information ...

Being human in a computer world “What does it mean to be a human in a world of computing?” Dan’l Lewin, president and CEO of the Computer History Museum asks in the latest StoriesHere podcast.

Kyle Chayka writes about Laine Nooney’s book “The Apple II Age: How the Computer Became Personal,” which is a history of the Apple II and early personal computers.

Although quantum computing is a nascent field, there are plenty of key moments that defined it over the last few decades as scientists strive to create machines that can solve impossible problems.

Computing History, Part IIThe Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, the second largest academic major at Michigan Tech, accounts for slightly more than half of the college's total enrollment.