Dear colleagues, Today (November 5, in New Zealand) Bob Doran, among other things a computing historian, would have been 80 years old. A few of us have edited a memorial to him: C.S. Calude, B.E. Carpenter, M.J. Dinneen and G. Dobbie (eds.), In Memory of Robert W. Doran, Centre for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, 5 Nov. 2024. https://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/research/groups/CDMTCS/researchreports/downloa... (83 MB) Regards Brian Carpenter
Colleagues, You may also wish to watch Professor Doran’s 2013 lecture at the Computer History Museum: The Totalisator — An Algorithm that Led to an Industry. Dag <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jfbzmq8_4c8> [maxresdefault.jpg] The Totalisator - An Algorithm that Led to an Industry<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jfbzmq8_4c8> youtube.com<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jfbzmq8_4c8> ----- Dag Spicer Senior Curator Computer History Museum Editorial Board, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing ACM History Committee 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd. Mountain View CA 94043 “History is a vast early warning system.” — Norman Cousins, American journalist (1915-1990). On Nov 4, 2024, at 11:18 AM, Brian E Carpenter via Members <members@lists.sigcis.org> wrote: Dear colleagues, Today (November 5, in New Zealand) Bob Doran, among other things a computing historian, would have been 80 years old. A few of us have edited a memorial to him: C.S. Calude, B.E. Carpenter, M.J. Dinneen and G. Dobbie (eds.), In Memory of Robert W. Doran, Centre for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, 5 Nov. 2024. https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cs.auckland.ac.nz%2Fresearch%2Fgroups%2FCDMTCS%2Fresearchreports%2Fdownload.php%3Fselected-id%3D894&data=05%7C02%7Cdspicer%40computerhistory.org%7C6ca87d79592540255c0408dcfd05e03c%7Cb6a9c12a29ee4c5f8f93f0d7a8e2db2f%7C0%7C0%7C638663448941910675%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=XWa%2B3vEwZHEMgiXBG9kBmBtitOJNmmNkpgoeyn07ykc%3D&reserved=0 (83 MB) Regards Brian Carpenter _______________________________________________ This email is relayed from members at sigcis.org, the email discussion list of SHOT SIGCIS. Opinions expressed here are those of the member posting and are not reviewed, edited, or endorsed by SIGCIS. The list archives are at https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flists.sigcis.org%2Fpipermail%2Fmembers-sigcis.org%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cdspicer%40computerhistory.org%7C6ca87d79592540255c0408dcfd05e03c%7Cb6a9c12a29ee4c5f8f93f0d7a8e2db2f%7C0%7C0%7C638663448941935369%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=A79yo91ziPb0N5MYf7gabGaNrCF1G5o0l3PwVDvPAlc%3D&reserved=0 and you can change your subscription options at https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flists.sigcis.org%2Flistinfo.cgi%2Fmembers-sigcis.org&data=05%7C02%7Cdspicer%40computerhistory.org%7C6ca87d79592540255c0408dcfd05e03c%7Cb6a9c12a29ee4c5f8f93f0d7a8e2db2f%7C0%7C0%7C638663448941958017%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=8vZvqVlRjB6x7P3dCDI%2F8uG4TLYUDMFsFDQZ1MdzYfU%3D&reserved=0 . CAUTION: External email. Beware of links & attachments.
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