Electronics Manufacturing Ireland
Electronics Manufacturing Ireland
Tue, May 23, 09:00
RDS Simmonscourt • Dublin 4
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The First Italian Electronic Calculator
A round table discussion of the history and impact of the work done by Mario Tchou on Olivetti’s ELEA 9003
By CONNECT Centre, Trinity College Dublin
When and where
Date and time
Wed, 22 Feb 2023 18:00 - 19:30 GMT
Location
MacNeill Theatre, Hamilton Building 16 Westland Row D02 YY50 Dublin 2 Ireland
About this event
The first transistor Electronic Calculator in the world was produced by the Italian Company Olivetti.
“Elea” was conceived, designed and developed between 1957 and 1959 by a small group of young researchers led by the Italian-Chinese Engineer Mario Tchou. During the evening we will reveal the history of this machine and it's developer.
Speakers
Elisabetta Mori (Visiting scientist at Software Heritage, Paris) THE DESIGN OF ELEA 9003
Ciaj Rocchi and Matteo Demonte (Author) MARIO TCHOU IN THE BOOK “LA MACCHINA ZERO”
Chiara Giuliani (Assistant Professor, Dip. of Italian UCC) MARIO TCHOU AND THE CHINESE COMMUNITY IN ITALY
This event will be in English.
Organised by; Italian Institute of Culture CONNECT, the SFI Research Centre for Future Networks; the School of Computer Science and Statistics at Trinity College Dublin.
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CONNECT Centre, Trinity College DublinCONNECT is the world leading Science Foundation Ireland research centre for future networks and communications, headquartered at Trinity College Dublin. CONNECT is co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund.