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Edmund Berkeley and the social responsibility of computer professionals / Bernadette Longo
(ACM books. ISSN:23746777 ; #6)

Publisher	([New York] ; [San Rafael, California] : Association for Computing Machinery : Morgan & Claypool)
Year	2015
Edition	First edition.
Authors	*Longo, Bernadette 1949- author

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Material Type	E-Book
Media type	機械可読データファイル
Size	1 PDF (xii, 208 pages) : illustrations
Notes	Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-208) Abstract freely available; full-text restricted to subscribers or individual document purchasers Title from PDF title page (viewed on November 7, 2015) Mode of access: World Wide Web System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader Introduction: a struggle of ideas -- With the perspective of time -- The myth of autonomy -- 1. Modern methods of thinking, 1927-1941 -- A modern method of thinking -- Becoming an insurance actuary and a husband -- Applications of symbolic logic in the insurance industry -- 2. Navy assignment at the Harvard Computation Lab, 1944-1946 -- Joining Aiken's crew -- Conflict inside the Harvard Lab -- 3. Establishing open communication channels for technology development, 1945-1948 -- Public-private partnerships -- Prudential explores electronic computers -- Technology development, communication, and public policy -- Opening a professional association for computer people -- Future catastrophe hazards -- 4. Robots and giant brains, 1942-1961 -- Problems of language and intelligence -- Speaking of machines as human -- Bringing giant brains to the people -- Computing on a small scale -- A preview of the robot age -- 5. National security investigations, 1948-1955 -- Fighting the Communist threat at home -- The Rosenberg case -- Defense against unnamed sources -- Questions of constitutional rights -- The Oppenheimer case -- 6. Engineering peace, 1948-1970 -- Berkeley Enterprises, Inc. -- The dawn of the computer age -- Engineering weapons -- Total war and works of peace -- Nuclear disarmament and Communist infiltration -- Sharing information before the Internet -- 7. A denunciation of killing devices, 1952-1972 -- Using computers for peaceful purposes -- The conscience of the computer industry -- 8. The remaking of man, 1973-1987 -- Taking stock of a life -- Bibliography -- Author's biography Edmund Callis Berkeley was born on March 20, 1909 in New York City. From 1918- 1923, he attended St. Bernard's School for Boys at 111 East 60th Street, where he learned about the sciences, the arts, creativity, and character. During that time, Berkeley recalled, "The first ambition I ever had was to paint black fences orange. In New York in the East Sixties when I was a child being taken to the park, I used to see every now and then men in white suits transforming dirty iron fences into radiant red-orange glory." Berkeley never lost this ambition to transform "what is" into "what could be." Ultimately, Berkeley's story is one of electronic computer development and politics. Ever the inventor, Berkeley transformed his visions of the future into intelligent machines to help people make good decisions. Ever the teacher, Berkeley transformed his trials into parables to help people tell truth from falsehood. With the perspective of time, we can follow his story somewhere in the grey areas between true and false Also available in print HTTP:URL=http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2787754 Information=Abstract with links to full text
Subjects	LCSH:Berkeley, Edmund Callis LCSH:Computer scientists -- United States -- Biography All Subject Search LCSH:Computers and civilization
Classification	LCC:QA76.2.B47 DC23:004.092
ID	8000092561