Saul Rosen
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Saul Rosen (February 8, 1922 ā June 9, 1991) was an American computer science pioneer. He is known for designing the software of the first transistor-based computer Philco Transac S-2000, and for his work on programming language design which influenced the ALGOL language.[1]
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Saul Rosen | |
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Born | (1922-02-08)February 8, 1922 |
Died | June 9, 1991(1991-06-09) (aged 69) |
Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania |
Awards | ACM Distinguished Service Award 1984 |
Scientific career | |
Thesis | Modular Transformations of Certain Series (1950) |
Doctoral advisor | Hans Adolph Rademacher |
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In 1947, he was involved in establishing the Association for Computing Machinery; in particular he was the first editor of its journal Communications of the ACM. In 1979 he co-founded the journal Annals of the History of Computing, then published by AFIPS.[1]