PdF:MA0016 History of informatics

MA0016 History of informatics

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2024

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Helena Durnová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

Timetable of Seminar Groups

MA0016/Prez01: No timetable has been entered into IS.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

Course objectives

Students will learn about personalities and milestones in the history of computing and programming, especially in connection with mathematics.

Learning outcomes

Students will be acquainted with the predecessors of today's IT.

Syllabus

First computers: Pascal, Schickard Charles Babbage and his difference and analytical engine Konrad Zuse.John von Neumann. Alan Turing and artificial intelligence. Proofs with the aid of computers. Mathematical machines in Czechoslovakia (SAPO, EPOS) First programming languages: why they were developed

Literature

recommended literature

CERUZZI, Paul E. Computing : a concise history. London, England: MIT Press, 2012, xvi, 199. ISBN 9780262517676. info
MAHONEY, Michael Sean. Histories of computing. Edited by Thomas Haigh. London: Harvard University Press, 2011, vi, 250. info

Teaching methods

Seminars with active participation of the students (regular reading howmework).

Assessment methods

Seminar paper on a chosen topic, 1000 words long.

Náhradní absolvování

Active participation in the seminar may be substituted by written assignments.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.

Teacher's information

The classes will take place in the teacher's office in the time agreed upon with the enrolled students.