A Little-Known Chapter in the History of Computing in Belgium: The Machine Mathématique IRSIA-FNRS

Marie d'Udekem-Gevers

doi:10.1007/978-3-662-44208-1_13

A Little-Known Chapter in the History of Computing in Belgium: The Machine Mathématique IRSIA-FNRS

Marie d'Udekem-Gevers

Faculty of Computer Science

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Based on original documents, this article deals with the first stored program computer designed and built in Belgium in the early 1950's, the Machine Mathématique IRSIA-FNRS (MMIF). After addressing the history of this prototype, it describes the Machine and highlights its specificities. Then, showing how the computing techniques that led to this machine were originally disseminated in Belgium, it underlines the Swiss (particularly Eidgenǒssische Technische Hochschule (ETH)) influence on this project.

Translated title of the contribution	Un chapitre mal connu de l'histoire de l'informatique en Belgique: la Machine mathématique IRSIA-FNRS
Original language	English
Title of host publication	IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
Subtitle of host publication	11th IFIP TC9 International Conference on Human Choice and Computers, HCC11 2014, Turku, Finland, July 30 -August 1, 2014Proceedings
Place of Publication	Heidelberg NY Dordrecht London
Publisher	Springer
Pages	146-161
Number of pages	16
Volume	431
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-662-44208-1
ISBN (Print)	978-3-662-44207-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44208-1_13
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	11th IFIP TC9 International Conference on Human Choice and Computers, HCC 2014 - Turku, Finland Duration: 30 Jul 2014 → 1 Aug 2014

Publication series

Name	IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
Volume	431
ISSN (Print)	18684238

Conference

Conference	11th IFIP TC9 International Conference on Human Choice and Computers, HCC 2014
Country/Territory	Finland
City	Turku
Period	30/07/14 → 1/08/14

Keywords

Belgium
dissemination of innovations
history of computing
stored program computer

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d'Udekem-Gevers, M. (2014). A Little-Known Chapter in the History of Computing in Belgium: The Machine Mathématique IRSIA-FNRS. In IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology: 11th IFIP TC9 International Conference on Human Choice and Computers, HCC11 2014, Turku, Finland, July 30 -August 1, 2014Proceedings (Vol. 431, pp. 146-161). (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology; Vol. 431). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44208-1_13

d'Udekem-Gevers, Marie. / A Little-Known Chapter in the History of Computing in Belgium: The Machine Mathématique IRSIA-FNRS. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology: 11th IFIP TC9 International Conference on Human Choice and Computers, HCC11 2014, Turku, Finland, July 30 -August 1, 2014Proceedings. Vol. 431 Heidelberg NY Dordrecht London : Springer, 2014. pp. 146-161 (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology).

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d'Udekem-Gevers, M 2014, A Little-Known Chapter in the History of Computing in Belgium: The Machine Mathématique IRSIA-FNRS. in IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology: 11th IFIP TC9 International Conference on Human Choice and Computers, HCC11 2014, Turku, Finland, July 30 -August 1, 2014Proceedings. vol. 431, IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol. 431, Springer, Heidelberg NY Dordrecht London, pp. 146-161, 11th IFIP TC9 International Conference on Human Choice and Computers, HCC 2014, Turku, Finland, 30/07/14. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44208-1_13

A Little-Known Chapter in the History of Computing in Belgium: The Machine Mathématique IRSIA-FNRS. / d'Udekem-Gevers, Marie.
IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology: 11th IFIP TC9 International Conference on Human Choice and Computers, HCC11 2014, Turku, Finland, July 30 -August 1, 2014Proceedings. Vol. 431 Heidelberg NY Dordrecht London: Springer, 2014. p. 146-161 (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology; Vol. 431).

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d'Udekem-Gevers M. A Little-Known Chapter in the History of Computing in Belgium: The Machine Mathématique IRSIA-FNRS. In IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology: 11th IFIP TC9 International Conference on Human Choice and Computers, HCC11 2014, Turku, Finland, July 30 -August 1, 2014Proceedings. Vol. 431. Heidelberg NY Dordrecht London: Springer. 2014. p. 146-161. (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology). doi: 10.1007/978-3-662-44208-1_13

A Little-Known Chapter in the History of Computing in Belgium: The Machine Mathématique IRSIA-FNRS

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