History: Dawn of Electronic Computing

We look at how computing, networks, and information evolved in the 1940's and 1950's.

• Lectures

  • Welcome to the Class
  • High Stakes Research in Computing and Communication
  • IEEE: Alan Turing at Bletchley Park
  • The 'First' Electronic Computers Around the World
  • IEEE: Monash Museum of Computing History
  • Post-War Computing and Communication
  • Early Academic Networking Research
  • IEEE: Len Kleinrock: The First Two Packets on the Internet

• Slides

  • IHTS-Internet-History-PowerPoint.pptx
  • IHTS-Internet-History-PowerPoint-Print.pdf

• References

  • Paper: IEEE - Alan Turing at Bletchley Park
  • Paper: IEEE - Monash Museum of Computing History
  • Paper: IEEE - Len Kleinrock: The First Two Packets on the Internet
  • Bonus: Office Hours - Manila, Philippines
  • Bonus: Office Hours - Portland, Oregon, USA
  • Bonus: Class Reunion at Bletchley Park
  • Bonus: Barcelona IHTS Coursera Office Hours
• Discussions:
  • Introduce Yourself (Login Required)
    
• Tools:
  • Quiz: Early History (Login Required)