Joint Computer Conference
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The Joint Computer Conferences were a series of computer conferences in the United States held under various names between 1951 and 1987.[1] The conferences were the venue for presentations and papers representing "cumulative work in the [computer] field."[2]
Originally a semi-annual pair, the Western Joint Computer Conference (WJCC) was held annually in the western United States, and a counterpart, the Eastern Joint Computer Conference (EJCC), was held annually in the eastern US. Both conferences were sponsored by an organization known as the National Joint Computer Committee (NJCC), composed of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE) Committee on Computing Devices, and the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE) Professional Group on Electronic Computers.[3]: p.47
In 1962 the American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS) took over sponsorship and renamed them Fall Joint Computer Conference (FJCC) and Spring Joint Computer Conference (SJCC).
In 1973 AFIPS merged the two conferences into a single annual National Computer Conference (NCC) which ran until discontinued in 1987.
The 1967 FJCC in Anaheim, California attracted 15,000 attendees.[2] In 1968 in San Francisco, California Douglas Engelbart presented "The Mother of All Demos" presenting such then-new technologies as the computer mouse, video conferencing, teleconferencing, and hypertext.
Conference dates
[edit]Source:[4]
Eastern Joint Computer Conference
[edit]| Year | Location | Dates | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Philadelphia, PA | December 10โ12 | Presented papers published with the title "Review of Electronic Digital Computers"[5][6] |
| 1952 | New York, NY | December 10โ12 | "Review of Input and Output Equipment used in Computing Systems"[7][8] |
| 1953 | Washington, DC | December 8โ10 | Theme: "Information Processing Systems โ Reliability and Requirements"[9][8] |
| 1954 | Philadelphia, PA | December 10โ12 | "The Design and Application of Small Digital Computers"[note 1][10] |
| 1955 | Boston, MA | November 7โ9 | "Computers in Business and Industrial Systems"[11][12] |
| 1956 | New York, NY | December 10โ12 | "New Developments in Computers"[13][14] |
| 1957 | Washington, DC | December 9โ13 | |
| 1958 | Philadelphia, PA | December 3โ5 | |
| 1959 | Boston, MA | December 1โ3 | UNIVAC LARC[15] |
| 1960 | New York, NY | December 13โ15 | |
| 1961 | Washington, DC | December 12โ14 |
Western Joint Computer Conference
[edit]| Year | Location | Dates | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | Los Angeles, CA | February 1โ6 | Subjects: "evaluation of digital and analog computers, commercial applications of computers, airplane problems, etc."[7][16] |
| 1954 | Los Angeles, CA | February 11โ12 | "Trends in Computers: Automatic Control and Data Processing."[17][18] |
| 1955 | Los Angeles, CA | March 1โ3 | "Functions and Techniques in Analog and Digital Computers"[10][19] |
| 1956 | San Francisco, CA | February 7โ9 | [20][21] |
| 1957 | Los Angeles, CA | February 26โ28 | "Techniques For Reliability"[13] |
| 1958 | Los Angeles, CA | May 6โ8 | |
| 1959 | San Francisco, CA | March 3โ5 | |
| 1960 | San Francisco, CA | May 3โ5 | |
| 1961 | Los Angeles, CA | May 9โ11 |
Spring Joint Computer Conference
[edit]| Year | Location | Dates | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | San Francisco. CA | May 1โ3 | Exception to East Coast siting, FJCC was on East Coast. Compatible Time-Sharing System (CTSS) |
| 1963 | Detroit, MI | May 21โ23 | |
| 1964 | Washington, DC | April 21โ23 | |
| 1965 | |||
| 1966 | Boston, MA | April 26โ28 | |
| 1967 | Atlantic City, NJ | April 18โ20 | |
| 1968 | Atlantic City, NJ | April 30-May 2 | |
| 1969 | Boston, MA | May 14โ16 | |
| 1970 | Atlantic City, NJ | May 5โ7 | PDP-11 |
| 1971 | Atlantic City, NJ | May 18โ20 | |
| 1972 | Atlantic City, NJ | May 16โ18 |
Fall Joint Computer Conference
[edit]| Year | Location | Dates | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Philadelphia, PA | December 4โ6 | Exception to West Coast siting, SJCC was on West Coast. |
| 1963 | Las Vegas, NV | November 12โ14 | |
| 1964 | San Francisco, CA | October 27โ29 | General Motors DAC-1 CAD system |
| 1965 | Las Vegas, NV | November 30-December 1 | Multics Operating System |
| 1966 | San Francisco, CA | November 7โ10 | |
| 1967 | Anaheim, CA | November 14โ16 | |
| 1968 | San Francisco, CA | December 9โ11 | XPL, "The Mother of All Demos" |
| 1969 | Las Vegas, NV | November 18โ20 | |
| 1970 | Houston, TX | November 17โ19 | Four-Phase IV/70 |
| 1971 | Las Vegas, NV | November 16โ18 | |
| 1972 | Anaheim, CA | December 5โ17 |
National Computer Conference
[edit]| Year | Location | Dates | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | New York, NY | June 4โ8 | |
| 1974 | Chicago, IL | May 6โ10 | |
| 1975 | Anaheim, CA[22] | May 19โ22 | ADM-3 |
| 1976 | New York, NY | June 7โ10 | |
| 1977 | Dallas, TX | June 13โ16 | |
| 1978 | Anaheim, CA | June 5โ8 | |
| 1979 | New York, NY | June 4โ7 | |
| 1980 | Anaheim, CA | May 19โ22 | |
| 1981 | Chicago, IL | May 4โ7 | Xerox Star |
| 1982 | Houston, TX | June 7โ10 | Microcomputers prominent for first time[23] |
| 1983 | Anaheim, CA | May 16โ19 | |
| 1984 | Las Vegas, NV | July 9โ12 | |
| 1985 | Chicago, IL | July 15โ18 | |
| 1986 | Dallas, TX | November 2โ6 | |
| 1987 | Chicago, IL | June 15โ18 |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Small Digital Computers "being defined roughly as automatic digital computers costing less than $150,000 or using less than 20 kilowatts of power."
References
[edit]- ^ "Five Years Ago, Nov.24, 1971". Computerworld. November 15, 1976. Retrieved Feb 2, 2013.
- ^ a b "Fall Joint Computer Conference Expected to Draw Record Crowds". Computerworld. Dec 11, 1968. Retrieved Feb 2, 2013.
- ^ Kent, Allen; Lancour, Harold (1969). Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science: Volume 2 - Association. CRC Press. ISBN 9780824720025.
- ^ "AFIPS Conference Dates". Retrieved Feb 2, 2013.
- ^ "Office of Naval Research, Mathematical Sciences Division, Digital Computer Newsletter Vol. 4, No. 4. Unclassified. - NOTICE". National Security Archive. 1952-10-01. p. 7. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
- ^ "Automatic Computing Machinery - Bibliography Z - 1054. Joint AIEE-IRE Computer Conference". Mathematics of Computation. 7 (44): 258โ264. 1953. doi:10.1090/S0025-5718-53-99352-1. ISSN 0025-5718.
- ^ a b "4 & 11. Joint AIEE-IRE-ACM Computer Conference ...". Computers and Automation 1953-07: Vol 2 Iss 5. Berkeley Enterprises. 1953-07-01. pp. 15โ16.
- ^ a b "NOTICES - JOINT COMPUTER CONFERENCE". National Security Archive. Digital Computer Newsletter Vol. 5, No. 4. pp. 15โ18. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
- ^ "ARTICLES - The End of an Epoch: The Joint Computer Conference, Washington, D. C., December, 1953". Computers and Automation 1954-01: Vol 3 Iss 1. Berkeley Enterprises. 1954-01-01. pp. 6โ7.
- ^ a b "THE EDITOR'S NOTES - WESTERN JOINT COMPUTER CONFERENCE, March, 1955; Eastern Joint Computer Conference, Philadelphia, Dec. 8-10, 1954". Computers and Automation 1955-01: Vol 4 Iss 1. Berkeley Enterprises. 1955-01-01. pp. 4, 14โ17.
- ^ "Forum: EASTERN JOINT COMPUTER CONFERENCE, BOSTON, NOVEMBER, 1955". Computers and Automation 1955-09: Vol 4 Iss 9. Berkeley Enterprises. 1955-09-01. p. 30.
- ^ "Forum: EASTERN JOINT COMPUTER CONFERENCE". Computers and Automation 1955-11: Vol 4 Iss 11. Berkeley Enterprises. 1955-11-01. pp. 12โ13.
- ^ a b "Dec. 10-12: Eastern Joint Computer Conference; Feb. 26-28: Western Joint Computer Conference". Electronic Design: Vol 4 Iss 20. Penton Media. 1956-10-15. pp. 20โ21.
- ^ "Eastern Joint Computer Conference". Computers and Automation: Vol 5 Iss 12. Berkeley Enterprises. 1956-12-01. pp. 20โ23, 26, 31.
- ^ Eckert, J.P.; et al. (1959). "Design of the Univac - LARC System: I" (PDF). Proceedings of the Eastern Joint Computer Conference. Vol. 16. pp. 59โ65. Retrieved Nov 4, 2022.
- ^ "Automatic Computing Machinery - News - IEE-IRE-ACM". Mathematics of Computation. 7 (43): 202โ205. 1953. doi:10.1090/S0025-5718-53-99360-0. ISSN 0025-5718.
- ^ Proceedings of the February 11-12, 1954, western computer conference: Trends in computers: automatic control and data processing on - AIEE-IRE '53 (Western). New York, New York, USA: ACM Press. 1954. doi:10.1145/1455200.
- ^ "FORUM - 1. Western Computer Conference and Exhibit". Computers and Automation 1954-01: Vol 3 Iss 1. Berkeley Enterprises. 1954-01-01. p. 14.
- ^ "Western Computer Conference and Exhibit, Los Angeles; March 1โ3, 1955. Titles of Papers and Abstracts". Computers and Automation 1955-04: Vol 4 Iss 4. Berkeley Enterprises. 1955-04-01. pp. 38โ40.
- ^ "Forum - WESTERN JOINT COMPUTER CONFERENCE AND EXHIBIT". Computers and Automation: Vol 5 Iss 1. Berkeley Enterprises. 1956-01-01. p. 42.
- ^ "WESTERN JOINT COMPUTER CONFERENCE". Computers and Automation: Vol 5 Iss 5. Berkeley Enterprises. 1956-05-01. pp. 26โ30.
- ^ "Computerworld". 1975-05-14.
- ^ Morgan, Chris (September 1982). "NCC Report". BYTE. pp. 58โ61. Retrieved 2024-12-29.
External links
[edit]- AFIPS conference bibliography, 1951-1987
- "AFIPS Conference - Proceedings [1951-1984; Conference proceedings / Browse all Workshops alphabetically]". ACM Digital Library. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
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