THE VIDEO SHELF · computer science history
50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
A full-day recording of the University of Utah computer science department's 50th anniversary event with panels, keynotes and talks by alumni and pioneers. It includes Ivan Sutherland's presentation on single flux quantum electronics.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN points to specific segments, especially Sutherland's SFQ talk and graphics pioneers, rather than the full seven hours.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- University of Utah
- Topic
- computer science history
- Format
- talk
- Level
- intermediate
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 5
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2023–2024
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Recently Utah had a small commemorative conference where the photo in the picture was taken. Ivan Sutherland attended, and gave what I thought was the best talk, about nothing to do with graphics. He’s actively doing research on Single Quantum Flux circuits at 85 years …
dahart on Hacker News · 2023-06
In How the Computer Graphics Industry Got Started at the University of UtahI think it would have helped if you linked to the timestamp[1] where he started talking to encourage discussion, 5h47m in for anyone wanting to watch it. I recommend at 2x. It's a very interesting presentation, from the history to the mechanics of how it …
rt12121212 on Hacker News · 2024-02
In Single Flux Quantum (SFQ) Digital Electronics (2023)
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