Women in Computing in 1951
In August 1951, a group of scientists gathered at the University of Sydney to attend the first Australian conference on automatic computing machines.
Who came to the first computer conference?
In August 1951, a group of scientists gathered at the University of Sydney to attend the first Australian conference on automatic computing machines.
The beginning of a new science in Australia
In 1951 there was a major conference held at the University of Sydney which marked the beginning of a new science in Australia, Computer Science.
CSIRAC: How to name your computer
On June 14, 1956 the computer CSIRAC was officially recommissioned at the new Computation Laboratory at the University of Melbourne.
The IT Girl by Ann Moffatt
This is a remarkable book. It is frank, insightful and at times hard hitting.
It traces the life, loves and career path, in UK and Australia, of a courageous and very competent woman from the earliest days of the computer age, through to the current times.
Gender no barrier for Dr Skaidrite Darius
This graduation season, we are proud to announce that Skaidrite Darius has received an honorary doctorate from the ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science.