Wednesday 14th Febuary 1996

50 years

Today is the 50th anniversary of the public switching on of ENIAC, the world's first electronic computer.

Coming soon... As part of the 50th year celebrations, Bilkent ACM SIGART will be screening a series of video programs (video equipment permitting!) which document the fascinating history of the development of the modern computer, "The Dream Machine."

eniac 50 years Check out ENIAC's home eniac photo

Check out the original press announcement


One of the events currently taking place to mark the 50th anniversary, one which demonstrates the remarkable achievements of the last half century and has a close connections with artificial intelligence research, is a chess match between the world's number one grandmaster Gary Kasporov and IBM's Deep Blue computer program. So far they are drawing with one game each. May the best "machine" win!


Of course, today is also special for another reason...

Happy Valentines day heart to lovers everywhere.