Archives:1960s IEEE Delegation to Novosibirsk

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Part of a larger delegation to the Soviet Union, meeting with the Popov society

Side 1: Akademgorodok


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  • guide description in bus
  • arrival at Institute of Mathematics
  • presentations in conference room
  • start of briefing
  • technical secretary Kotov describes institute
  • description of Ershov area
  • speed of programs generated by alpha compiler
  • graphics information system laboratory
  • questions by McCluskey et al.
  • arrival of academician Marchuk
  • general description of Akademgorodok by Marchuk
  • differences in Institute system with USA
  • end of presentations by Marchuk
  • questions by IEEE visitors
  • software major area of concentration

Side 2: Akademgorodok cont'd


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  • continuation of Marchuk remarks on pattern recognition
  • forecasts ten years to solve problem of semantics of translation into Russian
  • alpha language
  • interaction of Institute with production of machines
  • no hardware work done but advice given
  • McCluskey on performance measurements
  • epsilon language
  • problem oriented languages
  • research and educational function of Institute staff
  • mathematicians in Institute
  • staff composition in Institute of mathematics
  • Institute budgets
  • growth rate
  • staff exchanges with US
  • five year planning for growth of Institutes
  • end of presentation by Marchuk
  • request by Marchuk for background of IEEE visitors
  • end visit Akademgorodok
  • music in Novosibirsk dance hall
  • rapping with people in street
  • rapping with student walking to hotel
  • arrived in front of hotel
  • just entered hotel
  • walking up the stairs
  • got key from floor housekeeper
  • walked to room
  • enter room radio playing
  • end of Novosibirsk recording
  • start of Kiev recording
  • hotel lobby "Dnipro" Kiev