Joint Computer Conference The Joint Computer Conferences were a series of computer conferences in the United States held under various names between 1951 and 1987.[ 1] [ 2]
Originally a semi-annual pair, the Western Joint Computer Conference (WJCC ) was held annually in the western United States, and a counterpart, the Eastern Joint Computer Conference (EJCC ), was held annually in the eastern US. Both conferences were sponsored by an organization known as the National Joint Computer Committee American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE) Committee on Computing Devices, and the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE) Professional Group on Electronic Computers.[ 3] : p.47
In 1962 the American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS) took over sponsorship and renamed them Fall Joint Computer Conference (FJCC ) and Spring Joint Computer Conference (SJCC ).
In 1973 AFIPS merged the two conferences into a single annual National Computer Conference (NCC ) which ran until discontinued in 1987.
The 1967 FJCC in Anaheim, California attracted 15,000 attendees.[ 2] San Francisco, California Douglas Engelbart presented "The Mother of All Demos " presenting such then-new technologies as the computer mouse , video conferencing , teleconferencing , and hypertext .
Conference dates
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Year
Location
Dates
Comments
1951
Philadelphia, PA
December 10–12
Presented papers published with the title "Review of Electronic Digital Computers"[ 5] [ 6]
1952
New York, NY
December 10–12
"Review of Input and Output Equipment used in Computing Systems"[ 7] [ 8]
1953
Washington, DC
December 8–10
Theme: "Information Processing Systems – Reliability and Requirements"[ 9] [ 8]
1954
Philadelphia, PA
December 10–12
"The Design and Application of Small Digital Computers"[ note 1] [ 10]
1955
Boston, MA
November 7–9
"Computers in Business and Industrial Systems"[ 11] [ 12]
1956
New York, NY
December 10–12
"New Developments in Computers"[ 13] [ 14]
1957
Washington, DC
December 9–13
1958
Philadelphia, PA
December 3–5
1959
Boston, MA
December 1–3
UNIVAC LARC[ 15]
1960
New York, NY
December 13–15
1961
Washington, DC
December 12–14
Year
Location
Dates
Comments
1953
Los Angeles, CA
February 1–6
Subjects: "evaluation of digital and analog computers, commercial applications of computers, airplane problems, etc."[ 7] [ 16]
1954
Los Angeles, CA
February 11–12
"Trends in Computers: Automatic Control and Data Processing."[ 17] [ 18]
1955
Los Angeles, CA
March 1–3
"Functions and Techniques in Analog and Digital Computers"[ 10] [ 19]
1956
San Francisco, CA
February 7–9
[ 20] [ 21]
1957
Los Angeles, CA
February 26–28
"Techniques For Reliability"[ 13]
1958
Los Angeles, CA
May 6–8
1959
San Francisco, CA
March 3–5
1960
San Francisco, CA
May 3–5
1961
Los Angeles, CA
May 9–11
Year
Location
Dates
Comments
1962
San Francisco. CA
May 1–3
Exception to East Coast siting, FJCC was on East Coast.Compatible Time-Sharing System (CTSS)
1963
Detroit, MI
May 21–23
1964
Washington, DC
April 21–23
1965
1966
Boston, MA
April 26–28
1967
Atlantic City, NJ
April 18–20
1968
Atlantic City, NJ
April 30-May 2
1969
Boston, MA
May 14–16
1970
Atlantic City, NJ
May 5–7
PDP-11
1971
Atlantic City, NJ
May 18–20
1972
Atlantic City, NJ
May 16–18
Year
Location
Dates
Comments
1962
Philadelphia, PA
December 4–6
Exception to West Coast siting, SJCC was on West Coast.
1963
Las Vegas, NV
November 12–14
1964
San Francisco, CA
October 27–29
General Motors DAC-1 CAD system
1965
Las Vegas, NV
November 30-December 1
Multics Operating System
1966
San Francisco, CA
November 7–10
1967
Anaheim, CA
November 14–16
1968
San Francisco, CA
December 9–11
XPL , "The Mother of All Demos "
1969
Las Vegas, NV
November 18–20
1970
Houston, TX
November 17–19
Four-Phase IV/70
1971
Las Vegas, NV
November 16–18
1972
Anaheim, CA
December 5–17
Year
Location
Dates
Comments
1973
New York, NY
June 4–8
1974
Chicago, IL
May 6–10
1975
Anaheim, CA[ 22]
May 19–22
ADM-3
1976
New York, NY
June 7–10
1977
Dallas, TX
June 13–16
1978
Anaheim, CA
June 5–8
1979
New York, NY
June 4–7
1980
Anaheim, CA
May 19–22
1981
Chicago, IL
May 4–7
Xerox Star
1982
Houston, TX
June 7–10
Microcomputers prominent for first time[ 23]
1983
Anaheim, CA
May 16–19
1984
Las Vegas, NV
July 9–12
1985
Chicago, IL
July 15–18
1986
Dallas, TX
November 2–6
1987
Chicago, IL
June 15–18
See also
Notes
^ Small Digital Computers "being defined roughly as automatic digital computers costing less than $150,000 or using less than 20 kilowatts of power."
References
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