Joint Computer Conference

The Joint Computer Conferences were a series of computer conferences in the United States held under various names between 1951 and 1987.[1] The conferences were the venue for presentations and papers representing "cumulative work in the [computer] field."[2]

Originally a semi-annual pair, the Western Joint Computer Conference (WJCC) was held annually in the western United States, and a counterpart, the Eastern Joint Computer Conference (EJCC), was held annually in the eastern US. Both conferences were sponsored by an organization known as the National Joint Computer Committee (NJCC), composed of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE) Committee on Computing Devices, and the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE) Professional Group on Electronic Computers.[3]: p.47 

In 1962 the American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS) took over sponsorship and renamed them Fall Joint Computer Conference (FJCC) and Spring Joint Computer Conference (SJCC).

In 1973 AFIPS merged the two conferences into a single annual National Computer Conference (NCC) which ran until discontinued in 1987.

The 1967 FJCC in Anaheim, California attracted 15,000 attendees.[2] In 1968 in San Francisco, California Douglas Engelbart presented "The Mother of All Demos" presenting such then-new technologies as the computer mouse, video conferencing, teleconferencing, and hypertext.

Conference dates[4]

Eastern Joint Computer Conference
YearLocationDatesComments
1951Philadelphia, PADecember 10–12Presented papers published with the title "Review of Electronic Digital Computers"[5][6]
1952New York, NYDecember 10–12"Review of Input and Output Equipment used in Computing Systems"[7][8]
1953Washington, DCDecember 8–10Theme: "Information Processing Systems – Reliability and Requirements"[9][8]
1954Philadelphia, PADecember 10–12"The Design and Application of Small Digital Computers"[note 1][10]
1955Boston, MANovember 7–9"Computers in Business and Industrial Systems"[11][12]
1956New York, NYDecember 10–12"New Developments in Computers"[13][14]
1957Washington, DCDecember 9–13
1958Philadelphia, PADecember 3–5
1959Boston, MADecember 1–3UNIVAC LARC[15]
1960New York, NYDecember 13–15
1961Washington, DCDecember 12–14

Western Joint Computer Conference
YearLocationDatesComments
1953Los Angeles, CAFebruary 1–6Subjects: "evaluation of digital and analog computers, commercial applications of computers, airplane problems, etc."[7][16]
1954Los Angeles, CAFebruary 11–12"Trends in Computers: Automatic Control and Data Processing."[17][18]
1955Los Angeles, CAMarch 1–3"Functions and Techniques in Analog and Digital Computers"[10][19]
1956San Francisco, CAFebruary 7–9[20][21]
1957Los Angeles, CAFebruary 26–28"Techniques For Reliability"[13]
1958Los Angeles, CAMay 6–8
1959San Francisco, CAMarch 3–5
1960San Francisco, CAMay 3–5
1961Los Angeles, CAMay 9–11

Spring Joint Computer Conference
YearLocationDatesComments
1962San Francisco. CAMay 1–3Exception to East Coast siting, FJCC was on East Coast.
Compatible Time-Sharing System (CTSS)
1963Detroit, MIMay 21–23
1964Washington, DCApril 21–23
1965
1966Boston, MAApril 26–28
1967Atlantic City, NJApril 18–20
1968Atlantic City, NJApril 30-May 2
1969Boston, MAMay 14–16
1970Atlantic City, NJMay 5–7PDP-11
1971Atlantic City, NJMay 18–20
1972Atlantic City, NJMay 16–18

Fall Joint Computer Conference
YearLocationDatesComments
1962Philadelphia, PADecember 4–6Exception to West Coast siting, SJCC was on West Coast.
1963Las Vegas, NVNovember 12–14
1964San Francisco, CAOctober 27–29General Motors DAC-1 CAD system
1965Las Vegas, NVNovember 30-December 1Multics Operating System
1966San Francisco, CANovember 7–10
1967Anaheim, CANovember 14–16
1968San Francisco, CADecember 9–11XPL, "The Mother of All Demos"
1969Las Vegas, NVNovember 18–20
1970Houston, TXNovember 17–19Four-Phase IV/70
1971Las Vegas, NVNovember 16–18
1972Anaheim, CADecember 5–17

National Computer Conference
YearLocationDatesComments
1973New York, NYJune 4–8
1974Chicago, ILMay 6–10
1975Anaheim, CA[22]May 19–22ADM-3
1976New York, NYJune 7–10
1977Dallas, TXJune 13–16
1978Anaheim, CAJune 5–8
1979New York, NYJune 4–7
1980Anaheim, CAMay 19–22
1981Chicago, ILMay 4–7Xerox Star
1982Houston, TXJune 7–10
1983Anaheim, CAMay 16–19
1984Las Vegas, NVJuly 9–12
1985Chicago, ILJuly 15–18
1986Dallas, TXNovember 2–6
1987Chicago, ILJune 15–18

See also

Notes
  1. Small Digital Computers "being defined roughly as automatic digital computers costing less than $150,000 or using less than 20 kilowatts of power."

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