Proceedings of the Western Joint Computer Conference : Papers Presented at the Joint IRE-AIEE-ACM Computer Conference San Francisco, Calif, May 3-5, 1960
( Palo Alto, California by the National Press ): Western Joint Computer Conference 1960. First Edition. ix, [1-blank],382 pages. 8 1/2 x 11 inches. Publishers' printed blue wraps, with penned marking on spine (60) and "F.M.V." on the front wrapper. Professor Frank M. Verzuh's copy. This copy has been marked up occasionally by Professor Verzuh in pen and pencil throughout and is sunned on the front cover. Good. Wraps. [18417]
Another in a series of joint computer conferences sponsored by the IRE, AIEE, and ACM. Now we're moving out of the earliest periods of computers - people have stopped asking what they are and are now asking how can we use them in a practical sense. You see this in the table of contents: "Computer Organization Trends", "Data Retrieval", "Components and Techniques", "Analog Equipment", "Learning and Problem Solving Machines", "Analog Techniques", "Trends in Computer Applications", etc Still interesting historical content, but the work has come out of the labs and is creeping into industry - names of presenters often are associated with companies - IBM, Hughes Aircraft, Ramo-Wooldridge Corporation are examples. One interesting article: "Recognition of Sloppy, Hand-Printed Characters" by an MIT Lincoln Lab staff member.
Frank M. Verzuh worked in early computing and on the MIT Rapid Arithmetic Machine. He also attended the famous Moore School Lectures, where his notes were the basis for the printed reports on the Lectures after some presenters didn't provide notes.
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