Birth of Computer Science Education and Research in Finland

Several Finnish universities established chairs in computer science/information processing in 1965–68. Rather than reflecting natural evolution within universities, external needs motivated this. The first professors came from computing practice but had also academic ambitions. This paper is a recol...

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Published inHistory of Nordic Computing pp. 111 - 121
Main Author Kurki-Suonio, Reino
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Boston, MA Springer US
SeriesIFIP International Federation for Information Processing
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Academic education
Finland
information processing
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Summary:Several Finnish universities established chairs in computer science/information processing in 1965–68. Rather than reflecting natural evolution within universities, external needs motivated this. The first professors came from computing practice but had also academic ambitions. This paper is a recollection on how the new discipline developed in an atmosphere of conflicting goals
ISBN:9780387241678
0387241671
ISSN:1571-5736
DOI:10.1007/0-387-24168-X_9