Support Vector Machines
December 1, 2021Spire
December 1, 20211931-1941
The history of AI from 1931 to 1941 focused on developing military radar and nuclear weapons during World War II...
1931:
Kurt Gödel (1906-1978) was a crucial figure in modern meta-mathematical logic. He demonstrated that robust formal systems, widely used for inference purposes in logic and mathematics, are consistent. He also created a universal, integer-based programming language. These contributions opened a new level of analysis for theorem-processing machines that derived all possible theorems from previously proven truths known as “axioms.” Because of his findings, he is often referenced as the “Father of Theoretical Computer Science.(1)
1931:
Kurt Gödel (1906-1978) was a crucial figure in modern meta-mathematical logic. He demonstrated that robust formal systems, widely used for inference purposes in logic and mathematics, are consistent. He also created a universal, integer-based programming language.(1)
These contributions opened a new level of analysis for theorem-processing machines that derived all possible theorems from previously proven truths known as “axioms.” Because of his findings, he is often referenced as the “Father of Theoretical Computer Science.(1)
1940:
Edward Uhler Condon was a renowned American nuclear physicist, a pioneer in quantum mechanics, and an influential participant in the Manhattan Project’s invention of radar and nuclear weapons during World War II. Edward Condon presented Nimatron, a digital computer that played Nim (a mathematical game of strategies) perfectly.(2)
Since 1974, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has given an annual award named after him. The Condon Award honors outstanding accomplishments in written exposition in science and technology. Also, the crater Condon on the Moon celebrates his name.(3)
1940:
Edward Uhler Condon was a renowned American nuclear physicist, a pioneer in quantum mechanics, and an influential participant in the Manhattan Project’s invention of radar and nuclear weapons during World War II. Edward Condon presented Nimatron, a digital computer that played Nim (a mathematical game of strategies) perfectly.(2)
Since 1974, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has given an annual award named after him. The Condon Award honors outstanding accomplishments in written exposition in science and technology. Also, the crater Condon on the Moon celebrates his name.(3)
1941:
Konrad Zuse is a German civil engineer, pioneering computer scientist, inventor, and businessman. His most outstanding achievement was the world’s first programmable computer: the functional program-controlled Turing-complete Z3 operational in May 1941.(4)
1941: Konrad Zuse is a German civil engineer, pioneering computer scientist, inventor, and businessman. His most outstanding achievement was the world’s first programmable computer: the functional program-controlled Turing-complete Z3 operational in May 1941.(4)