Warren Toomey asks on Wed, 6 Dec 2017 08:21:13 +1000: >> - more details on who was Ted Bashkow, and the story behind his (+ others?) I found a short obituary at http://engineering.columbia.edu/web/newsletter/spring_2010/memoriam which is, in full: >> ... >> Theodore R. Bashkow Dr. Theodore R. Bashkow, professor emeritus of >> electricial engineering and computer science, died Dec. 23, 2009, at >> his home in Katonah, N.Y. See PDF version >> >> He was born in St. Louis, Mo., and attended Washington University, >> where he received his BS degree in mechanical engineering. He went on >> to receive his master’s and doctorate degrees at Stanford >> University. He served in the U.S. Air Force as a first lieutenant >> during World War II from 1943 to 1945. >> >> While in the Air Force, he served as maintenance officer and helped to >> stage the Enola Gay. In the 1950s, while at Bell Labs, Professor >> Bashkow became well known for his development of a new method for >> analyzing linear electrical networks, Professor Bashkow’s A matrix. He >> also became involved with digital computers. He joined the faculty of >> the Columbia Electrical Engineering Department in 1958 and helped >> transform the Electrical Engineering Department into the Department of >> Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. >> >> When, in 1979, this department was divided into the Electrical >> Engineering and Computer Science departments, Bashkow became one of >> the founding faculty members of Computer Science. He taught courses in >> digital logic, computer organization, and computer programming. He did >> research on parallel processing. In collaboration with Herbert >> Sullivan, he pioneered a new approach to that subject through the >> development of CHoPP, Columbia Homogeneous Parallel Processor, a >> large-scale, homogeneous, fully distributed parallel machine. A number >> of Columbia graduate students and a junior faculty member, David >> Klappholz, were also involved at various stages. >> >> In 1980, the Computer Science Department instituted an annual award in >> his honor, the Theodore R. Bashkow Award. Among his many affiliations, >> Professor Bashkow was an active member of IEEE, ACM, and Sigma Xi >> organizations. >> ... He is apparently not in Wikipedia. I then searched our local bibliography archives and found this publication-title summary (Bashkow is an uncommon name, so I didn't attempt to disambiguate the reported articles): MariaDB [bibtex]> select filename, label, substr(title,1,80) from bibtab where (author like '%Bashkow%') order by year, filename; +-------------------------+--------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | filename | label | substr(title,1,80) | +-------------------------+--------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | jacm.bib | Bashkow:1958:CPR | A ``Curve Plotting'' Routine for the Inverse Laplace Transform of Rational Funct | | ieeetranscomput.bib | Bashkow:1963:RDA | R63-106 The D 825 Automatic Operating and Scheduling Program | | ieeetranscomput.bib | Bashkow:1963:C | Contributors | | ieeetranscomput.bib | Bashkow:1963:PSD | A Programming System for Detection and Diagnosis of Machine Malfunctions | | ieeetranscomput.bib | Bashkow:1964:SCA | A Sequential Circuit for Algebraic Statement Translation | | fortran1.bib | Bashkow:1967:SDF | System Design of a FORTRAN Machine | | ieeetranscomput.bib | Bashkow:1967:SDF | System Design of a FORTRAN Machine | | ieeetranscomput1970.bib | Bashkow:1971:BSS | B71-6 System Structure in Data, Programs, and Computers | | ieeetranscomput1970.bib | Bashkow:1971:BIC | B71-2 Introduction to Computer Organization | | ieeetranscomput1970.bib | Bashkow:1973:CRO | Comment on Review of Operating Systems Survey | | ovr.bib | Sullivan77b | A Large Scale, Homogeneous, Fully Distributed Parallel Machine | | ovr.bib | Sullivan77a | A Large Scale Homogeneous Fully Distributed Parallel Machine | | sigarch.bib | Sullivan:1977:LSHb | A Large Scale, Homogenous, Fully Distributed Parallel Machine, II | | sigarch.bib | Sullivan:1977:LSHa | A large scale, homogeneous, fully distributed parallel machine, I | | ieeetranscomput1980.bib | Ghafoor:1989:BFT | Bisectional Fault-Tolerant Communication Architecture for Supercomputer Systems | | super.bib | Ghafoor:1989:BFT | Bisectional Fault-Tolerant Communication Architecture for Supercomputer Systems | | ieeetranscomput1990.bib | Ghafoor:1991:SOG | A study of odd graphs as fault-tolerant interconnection networks | +-------------------------+--------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 17 rows in set (2.67 sec) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Nelson H. 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