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Presents abstracts of papers presented to the Association for Computing Machinery Conference at Rutgers University on March 28-29, 1950, in New Brunswick, New Jersey. 'Maddida'--General Theory,' by Floyd G. Steele; 'Maddida--Design Features,' by Donald E. Eckdahl.

This article presents the personal and professional profile of the author, but the central theme is his research and work in Ottawa and at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta. The author attended Wortley Road Public School, London South Collegiate Institute, and the University of Western Ontario, from where he graduated in mathematics and physics in 1949. The author then went to the University of Toronto from which he received a PhD. in mathematical statistics in 1952. After leaving Toronto, Ontario, the author worked for several years in Ottawa in several departments of the federal government and in private industry. In 1963, he went to the University of Alberta, where an academic computing department was being formed. The author retired in 1992 as a professor emeritus of computing science, and since then have continued to pursue his various professional interests. Upon completing his PhD, he accepted a position with the Operational Research Group of the Defence Research Board in Ottawa where he worked as an applied statistician. When the author arrived in the University of Alberta, he became involved in the usual academic work of teaching and research, and, as was understood when he was appointed, some consulting on statistical computing in the university. His first course was a new one in probability statistics, and numerical analysis for first-year students in mathematics, and for computing science students when the Department of Computing Science was formed on April 1,1964. In about 1965, he began a one-term "service course" in programming for students in the Faculty of Agriculture.

Opinion. Profiles career and experiences of B.A. Griffith at University of Toronto. Details of birth and education; Marriage to Jean MacLean; Career before and after World War II; Involvement in various projects at University of Toronto; Installation of Ferut at university; Formation of KCS Data Control; Experiences with Ferut.

In 1965, four undergraduates at the University of Waterloo wrote Watfor, a fast student-oriented Fortran compiler for the school's IBM 7040, largely because the available Fortran compiler was slow and offered weak diagnostic and debugging tools. This article describes the birth and evolution of the Watfor family and explores how it fits into the University of Waterloo's unique-within-Canada cooperative education program and pedagogical philosophy. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article presents the author's reflections and anecdotes describing his experiences as a computer scientist in Canada during the 1950s. The author focuses on his time working at the firm Computing Devices of Canada. Accounts are given describing several details about the corporate culture of the computing industry at the time, the conditions of his office, and the software and hardware which he operated. Additional comments are given describing his relationship with the computer scientist Ted Codd.

This article focuses on Beatric Helen Worsley, Canada's female computer pioneer and her contribution to computer field. Worsley was a pioneering computer scientist and the first female in Canada to make significant contributions to the field. Beatrice Helen Worsley was born in Queretaro, Mexico, on October 18,1921. In 1938, she completed junior matriculation, and in 1939 graduated, with honors, senior matriculation. In September 1946, Worsley entered graduate studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts in a one-year master's program of mathematics and physics. A skilled mathematician and unquestionably Canada's first female computer scientist, Worsely found a successful calling in a profession dominated by men.

Provides information on the automation of the Ontario New Universities Library Project (ONULP) established by the University of Toronto Library. Requirements involved in bibliographic control; Components of the traditional library catalog record; Services offered by the ONULP automated catalog system.

Presents a history of computing at the University of Alberta. Origins in the 1950s; Formation in the 1960s; Growth in the 1980s; Teaching and research; Hardware; Software.

Describes attempts of University of Toronto at automatic programming using a developed operating system. Experiences on Ferut; Basics of new operating system; Development of non-interpretive debugging program, PrintCheck; Difficulties in programming; Details of Transcode system; Early attempts at automatic coding; Author's experiences with Ferut, Transcode and Fortran.

Describes attempts by University of Toronto to build University of Toronto electronic computer (UTEC) and acquisition of Ferranti University of Toronto (Ferut) machine. Establishment and funding of `Computation Center'; Composition of UTEC team; Reasons for development of pilot model UTEC; Details of machine; Procurement details of Ferranti Mark I; Applications of Ferut; Failure of Ferut in competitive market.

This Anecdotes department article describes an early analysis-of-variance program for the statistical design known as a Latin square. This program for statistical calculations was developed in 1956 on one of the first computers in Canada, an NCR 102D. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]