Fortran, alive and well at 59! (Inc. Branch AGM)
BCS Fortran Special Interest Group, BCS Bedford Branch, The IET.
Date | Tuesday 20 Sep 2016 |
Time | 18:00 - 20:00 |
Location | The Park Inn Hotel, Tavistock Suite, 2 St. Mary's Street, Bedford, MK42 0AR |
Speaker | Peter Crouch |
Abstract | The talk will cover the history of Fortran from its inception in the 1950s to
today, including its evolution through the standardisation of the language from
the 1960s through to the 2010s and the Fortran Specialist Group's role in the
UK and internationally in that evolution from 1970 to today. Some of the
features of modern Fortran will be described together with examples of its
current applications, including weather forecasting and climate prediction,
computational chemistry and the design and maintenance of high performance cars
and aircraft. |
Profile | Peter Crouch joined
the D and R Laboratory of International Nickel in
Birmingham in 1968 to work on the technology of nickel electrodeposition after
completing his PhD in inorganic coordination chemistry at the University of
Reading. His involvement with computing began in the late 1970s when he
started using early personal computers for the statistical analysis of his
experimental results. Initially he used BASIC and Pascal but in the early 1980s
he began to use Fortran. In 1985 he was offered the opportunity to work full
time as a software developer on the computer aided design and manufacturing
systems of Inco Engineered Products. He worked as a Fortran, and later C,
programmer until 2001. In the early 1990s he joined the BCS and later the
Birmingham Branch committee. He became Chairman of the branch in 1997.In the
late 1990s he had joined the Fortran SG committee as Web Editor and became
Chairman in 2002, within days of stepping down as Chairman of the Birmingham
Branch!
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Agenda |
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6.00pm |
Registration, refreshments and networking |
6.30pm |
Guest Speaker - Peter Crouch |
7.20pm |
Opportunity to question the speaker |
7.45pm |
Opportunity to network and talk to the speaker |
8:00pm |
Bedford Branch AGM 2016 - Everyone is welcome to attend |
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