Howard H. Aiken - Wikipedia
Howard Hathaway Aiken (March 8, 1900 – March 14, 1973) was an American physicist and a pioneer in computing. He was the original conceptual designer behind IBM 's Harvard Mark I , the United States' first programmable computer .
Howard Aiken | Computer Science, Harvard Mark I & IBM
Howard Aiken (born March 9, 1900, Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S.—died March 14, 1973, St. Louis, Missouri) was a mathematician who invented the Harvard Mark I, the forerunner of the modern electronic digital computer.
Howard Aiken: The Forgotten Father of the Computer Age
2024年3月30日 · But there is one figure whose immense contributions to the birth of the digital age are too often overlooked: Howard Hathaway Aiken. Aiken was the driving force behind the Harvard Mark I, a groundbreaking electromechanical computer completed in 1944.
Howard Aiken - Encyclopedia.com
A noted physicist and Harvard professor, Howard Aiken (1900-1973) designed and built the Mark I calculator in the late 1930s and early 1940s. The first large-scale digital calculator, the Mark I provided the impetus for larger and more advanced computing machines.
Howard Aiken: Overcoming Adversity to Pioneer Early Computing
2024年3月27日 · Born in 1900 in New Jersey, Howard Aiken‘s innovative contributions to computing technology were paved by his resilience in overcoming a traumatic childhood. By age 12, Aiken had to take on adult family responsibilities when his father‘s alcoholism escalated to abusive levels, eventually driving him out of their home.
Howard Aiken (1900 - 1973) - Biography - MacTutor History of ...
Howard Aiken was a pioneer designer of early computers. Howard Aiken's parents were Daniel H Aiken (born about 1870) and Margaret Emily Mierisch (1874-1961). Daniel Aiken came from a wealthy Indiana family but, sadly, he was addicted to alcohol and this led to the family problems that we describe below.
Howard Aiken - Lemelson
Electrical engineer, physicist, and computing pioneer, Howard Hathaway Aiken, was born on March 8, 1900 in Hoboken, New Jersey. He spent most of his childhood in Indianapolis, Indiana and obtained a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from …
Howard H. Aiken - IEEE Computer Society
Aiken received his B.S. in electrical engineering from Wisconsin in 1923, and went to Harvard for post-graduate studies. He received his M.A. (1937) and Ph.D. (1939) degrees in physics from Harvard, where he remained as a faculty instructor first, and as an associate professor later.
Howard Aiken - Engineering and Technology History Wiki - ETHW
2016年1月28日 · By 1939, already at Harvard, Aiken, in collaboration with engineers at the International Business Machines engineering laboratory in Endicott, New York, began research which was to last about five years in the design and construction of the automatic sequence-controlled calculator.
Howard Aiken and the Harvard Mark I Computer | SciHi Blog
On March 9, 1900, computer pioneer Howard Hathaway Aiken was born. He was the original conceptual designer behind IBM’s Harvard Mark I computer, forerunner of the modern electronic digital computer.