Person

Hirst, Frank (1919 - 2017)

Born
1919
Died
2 July 2017
Occupation
Computer scientist

Summary

Frank Hirst was manager of the CSIRAC at the Computation Laboratory, The University of Melbourne from 1956. Frank negotiated the purchase of an IBM 7044/1401 system for the University to replace CSIRAC in 1963 and continued to head the joint academic department and greatly expanded service operation. In 1972 he moved to the Unviersity of Adelaide as the foundation professor of Cpomputing Science. He retired in 1984. He was active in the formation of the Victorian Computer Society which subsequently joined with other state based groups to form the Australian Computer Soceity.

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Chronology

1954 -
Career position - Appointed head of the Computation Laboratory, The University of Melbourne
1970 - 1972
Career position - Reader in charge, Department of Information Science, University of Melbourne
1972 - 1984
Career position - Foundation Chair of Computing, University of Adelaide

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Museum Victoria

  • Records of CSIRAC, 1940 - 2002; Museum Victoria. Details

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Rosanne Walker

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