Documentary Night: Computer Pioneer - Grace Hopper

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Grace Hopper - A  collection set of 3 documentaries

Grace Brewster Hopper (née Murray; December 9, 1906 – January 1, 1992) was an American computer scientist, mathematician, and United States Navy Rear Admiral. One of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I computer, she was a pioneer of computer programming who invented one of the first code linking routines. Hopper was also one of the first to devise the theory of machine-independent programming languages, and the FLOW-MATIC programming language she created using this theory was later extended to create COBOL, an early high-level programming language still in use today.

AFTER the three documentaries (short+medium+short in length) - we can have a brief discussion session. NOTE: You must supply your own soda pop and popcorn! :-)

Trivia may also follow, so bring your Jeopardy hats too


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  • Date: 03 Jan 2025
  • Time: 05:30 PM to 07:32 PM
  • All times are (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
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  • Starts 26 December 2024 12:00 AM
  • Ends 03 January 2025 02:00 PM
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Grace Hopper - A collection set of 3 documentaries

Grace Brewster Hopper (née Murray; December 9, 1906 – January 1, 1992) was an American computer scientist, mathematician, and United States Navy Rear Admiral. One of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I computer, she was a pioneer of computer programming who invented one of the first code linking routines. Hopper was also one of the first to devise the theory of machine-independent programming languages, and the FLOW-MATIC programming language she created using this theory was later extended to create COBOL, an early high-level programming language still in use today.

This event is being held in observance of her passing away.

Biography:

There is plenty of material publicly available on Grace Hopper. More will be posted later as we approach closer to the event.

 

Address:Cyber City, Michigan, United States, 48309




Agenda

5:30 PM - Welcome and Introductions, Chapter business update; (on your own) Pizza, Popcorn and Soda Pop
5:35 PM - Documentary
6:35 PM - End of Documentary; Start of Q & A; Group Discussion
7:00 PM - Wrap Up 

 ALL times are in EST/EDT (UTC-4 or UTC-5) depending upon local day light savings times in when effect


An IEEE Southeastern Michigan Section event. All are welcome. Consider becoming an IEEE member if such similar events are of professional/academic interest to you/