Fwd: Talk tomorrow, Wed. Oct. 20: Dr. Malcolm Lane, "The History of Computers 1955-2010", 4-5pm, ESB G-83

[Timothy Bielawa]

Andrew, Tim:

 

This talk may be of interest to ACM members.  Can you forward this announcement to the ACM members.   It may be especially of interest to freshmen if you kept the signup list from the fall open house.

 

Thanks!

 

Brian

>>> Brian Woerner 10/19/2010 10:57 AM >>>

Colleagues:

 

Dr. Malcolm Lane, a former faculty member at WVU and recently retired chair of the CS department at James Madison University, will be visiting the department tomorrow, and will be presenting at talk on "The History of Computers:  1955-2010".   The talk with be Wednesday, October 20, from 4-5pm in room ESB-83.    Dr. Lane will bring some samples of hardware as part of this talk, so this is a great way to learn about how computing technology has evolved over the years.

 

Dr. Brian Woerner

 

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                                   The History of Computers 1955 - 2010

AKA: Oh, How Things Have Changed!

Dr. Malcolm G. Lane

Professor Emeritus of Computer Science

James Madison University

  

Dr. Lane will present a history and evolution of computers from 1955 to 2010, looking particularly at the changing power and cost of these computers.   The presentation will include a number of hardware items from the past that he will show and discuss.

 

Dr. Malcolm (Mal) G. Lane was a member of the WVU Computer Science faculty from 1971 to 1990 and also a member of the WVU and WVNET systems programming staff from 1971 to 1976, working primarily on data communications software.  He is an honorary member of the WVU CSEE Distinguished Alumni Academy and a member of the WVU CSEE Advisory Board.  Dr. Lane was a partner (principal) at KPMG and later managing director of KPMG Barents Group in Washington, DC from 1990 to 1996 working with governments in over 40 developing countries automating budget and tax administration systems.  He was Managing Principal in IBM's Global Government Consulting organization from 1996 to 2000 and served as Professor and Head of the James Madison University Department of Computer Science from 2000 until he retired from JMU on July 1, 2010.  He currently is serving as a World Bank ICT consultant on World Bank projects in Lao PDR and Vietnam.  His retirement activities include playing the trumpet in Jump Alley (www.jumpalley.org), a swing band in the Shenandoah Valley and enjoying his collection of 1960s classic cars.