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Buchholz, Werner Buchholz, Werner
where he remained until retiring in 1966 to take
a post at Stanford University. He is best known
for his early work in artificial intelligence,
particularly the creation of an early checkersplaying
computer program.
Serrell, Robert
Elements of Boolean algebra for the study of
information-handling systems, pp. 1366–1380
Serrell was an engineer with the RCA David
Sarnoff Research Center in Princeton.
Shannon, Claude Elwood (1916–2001)
Computers and Automata, pp. 1234–1241
Shannon was a member of the technical staff
at Bell Telephone Laboratories. He is best
remembered for his groundbreaking theoretical
work on coding and information transmission.
Shannon, Claude Elwood (1916–2001) and
Edward F. Moore
Machine aid for switching circuit design, pp.
1348–1351
Both authors were with Bell Telephone
Laboratories in Murray Hill, NJ.
Sherertz, Paul C.
Electronic circuits of the NAREC computer,
pp. 1313–1320
NAREC, the Naval Research (Laboratory)
Computer, was just being put into operation at
the Naval Research Laboratory when this paper
was written. Sherertz was an engineer on the
project.
Thomas, Walker H.
Fundamentals of digital computer
programming, pp. 1245–1249
Walker, from IBM’s Engineering Laboratory
in Poughkeepsie, NY, presented a short tutorial
on how to program a simple, hypothetical
computer.
Ware, Willis Howard (1920–)
The logical principles of a new kind of binary
counter, pp. 1429–1437
Ware, an engineer with the Rand Corporation,
was one of the principal designers of the
Johnniac computer. Here he is reporting on
work that had been done for the von Neumann
computer project at the Institute for Advanced
Study, Princeton.
Wheeler, David J. (1927– 2004) and James E.
Robertson
Diagnostic programs for the Illiac, pp. 1320–
1325
Wheeler, working as a graduate student under
Maurice Wilkes, was a designer of the EDSAC
computer in Cambridge. He is responsible
for, among other things, the concept of the
subroutine jump instruction (initially known as
the Wheeler Jump). He spent his entire career
at the University of Cambridge, but at the time
of this paper, he was on leave working at the
University of Illinois ILLIAC project.
Wilkes, Maurice Vincent (1913–)
Can machines think?, pp. 1230–1234
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