2020-02-23
In April 1960, China's first home-grown electronic digital general purpose computer went live. It was the start of a new era for China, technology - and the world. But the woman behind it has been largely overlooked. Our latest must-read on @BBC_Future: https://www.bbc.com/...
BBC Future
Profile of computer scientist Xia Peisu, who is called the “Mother of Chinese Computing” for shaping some of China's first computer science institutions
& a new field of computer science to support that industry—China needed trained personnel. Here, too, Xia was essential.” —@leilasedai on Xia Peisu (via @BBC_Future) https://www.bb...
2020-02-22
In April 1960, China's first home-grown electronic digital general purpose computer went live. It was the start of a new era for China, technology - and the world. But the woman behind it has been largely overlooked. Our latest must-read on @BBC_Future: https://www.bbc.com/...
BBC Future
Profile of computer scientist Xia Peisu, who is called the “Mother of Chinese Computing” for shaping some of China's first computer science institutions
Isolated from the rest of the world, one woman pushed computing from a geeky obsession into a transformative industry. Tweets: @hild_de , @tsmullaney , @drkevorko , @amanda_ruggeri...