History of Nordic computing : IFIP WG9.7 First Working Conference on the History of Nordic Computing (HiNC1), June 16-18, 2003, Trondheim, Norway

Contents......Page 8
Dedication......Page 6
Preface......Page 12
Conference Organization......Page 16
Program Committee......Page 18
Acknowledgments......Page 20
Reflections, thoughts, and episodes......Page 22
An interview with Börje Langefors......Page 28
The pioneer era in Norwegian scientific computing (1948 -1962)......Page 44
The role of IBM in starting up computing in the Nordic countries......Page 54
Computerisation of the Icelandic state and municipalities......Page 66
Technology transfer, modernization, and the welfare state......Page 82
A failure revisited: The first Finnish computer construction project......Page 100
On the politics of failure......Page 116
Birth of computer science education and research in Finland......Page 132
The advent of the first general-purpose computer in Iceland......Page 144
Early curricula in computer science at the University of Iceland......Page 152
Research and curricula development at Norwegian universities......Page 158
Introducing information technology at Norwegian regional colleges......Page 176
Nordic cooperation within the field of computing......Page 182
Cooperation as a driving force in Nordic IT......Page 190
History of the Nordic computer industry......Page 200
The Datasaab flexible central processing unit......Page 212
Introduction of computers in Norwegian school mathematics......Page 218
From programming to system design......Page 224
The birth of IT in upper secondary education in Norway......Page 236
IT for learning: A need for a new approach?......Page 244
The early Nordic software effort......Page 260
Algol-genius......Page 272
The birth of Simula......Page 282
Club activity in the early phases of microcomputing in Finland......Page 298
MIPROC......Page 310
From binary strings to visual programming......Page 318
Ferranti Mercury at the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment......Page 332
Making computing available......Page 338
SCIP: A Scandinavian project on systems analysis and design......Page 348
Is Scandinavian information systems development becoming passé?......Page 360
Significant applications......Page 378
Applications and technologies for maritime and offshore industries......Page 380
Applications and technologies for maritime and offshore industries......Page 390
NORDUNET: The roots of Nordic networking......Page 412
Where were the women?......Page 426
When computers became of interest in politics......Page 434
Development in the growth base of the ‘Oulu phenomenon’......Page 446
The Norwegian computing center and the Univac 1107 (1963-1970)......Page 470
The Wegematic 1000 computing centre, 1959-1964......Page 484
Concluding remarks......Page 508