Guest blog by Barbara Ainsworth
Mary Lee Woods enjoyed a short career in Australia at Mount
Stromlo. Her son, Tim Berners-Lee, is known as the “Father of the Web”. Mary accepted the name “Grandmother of the Web’. She should be
celebrated for her own career in programming.
Guest blog by Barbara Ainsworth
In August 1951, a group of scientists gathered at the University of Sydney to attend the first Australian conference on automatic computing
machines.
Guest blog by Barbara Ainsworth
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.
Guest blog by Barbara Ainsworth
On June 14, 1956 the computer CSIRAC was officially recommissioned at the new Computation Laboratory at the University of Melbourne.
Guest blog by Helen Meredith
The recent publication of A Vision Splendid – The History of Australian Computing is a timely reminder of the seventy years or so
Australia has been involved in the digital revolution.
Guest blog by Helen Vorrath
So you’ve decided to become an IT professional when you grow up? Good choice! You’ve already discovered the satisfaction of getting a
program to work – that will continue to excite you for the rest of your life. You’ll also find that debugging the things that don’t work is
equally rewarding.
Guest blog by Ann Moffatt
This is an extract from Ann Moffatt’s book, The IT Girl, which is to be published in November 2020.
Guest blog by Bernie O’Shannessy
Following the invention and development of the transistor in the late1940’s in the USA, the CSIRO began research into semiconductors.
Guest blog by Jordan Green
On August 9th the Pearcey Foundation hosted a Conversation on the Role of the ICT Community in the Future Resilience and Self-reliance of
Australia.
Guest Blog by Sonja Bernhardt OAM
A gripping, masterly telling of a vastly important, but oft forgotten part of our technological history. This is a story of a monumental
technological and engineering feat that set the stage for international infrastructure and communications, yet today many do not even think
how or why it happened.
