Theoretical Computer Science in Italy: The Early Years

In this article, we provide an overview of the early developments of theoretical computer science research in Italy in the Sixties and early Seventies. In the same years, the community of researchers working in this domain were organizing to gain an identity among the more traditional disciplines an...

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Published in:IEEE annals of the history of computing 2021-07, Vol.43 (3), p.44-56
Main Authors: Ausiello, Giorgio, Gambosi, Giorgio
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Computational modeling
Computer languages
Computer science
Cybernetics
History
Markov processes
Research facilities
Researchers
Theory
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Summary:In this article, we provide an overview of the early developments of theoretical computer science research in Italy in the Sixties and early Seventies. In the same years, the community of researchers working in this domain were organizing to gain an identity among the more traditional disciplines and to obtain a recognition for the “new science” that was taking its first steps. This led in Italy to the creation of Group of Researchers in Theoretical Informatics, in parallel to the institution of European Association for Theoretical Computer Science at European level. In this article, we characterize the Italian contribution to theoretical computer science research in those early years by describing the landscape of activities developed in Italian Universities and research centers in the late sixties and early seventies, on the basis of a census run in 1971 by the newly born GRIT.
ISSN:1058-6180
1934-1547
DOI:10.1109/MAHC.2021.3099878