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SUMMARY: STS Colloquium Series – Dr. Serhii Zhabin
DESCRIPTION: The Laboratory of Calculating Machines in Kyiv that in 1950 bu
 ilt the first Soviet electronic digital computer (MESM)\, after 1956 contin
 ued working as a department of the Mathematical Institute of the Ukrainian 
 Academy of Sciences under the direction of V.M. Glushkov (1923-1982).
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 p><p><strong>Thursday\, December 7\, 2023 / 5:00-6:30 pm / BUCH D324</stron
 g></p><p><strong>Dr. Serhii Zhabin</strong>\, Dobrov Research Institute of 
 Scientific and Technological Potential and Science History\, Kyiv\, Ukraine
 </p><p><em>This talk is co-sponsored with ANTH\, CENES\, CES\, ENGL\, GEOG\
 , HIST\, SPPGA</em></p><p><strong>Title:</strong> Origins of the Soviet com
 puter subculture in 1960s Kyiv: Prototype of Personal Computer “MIR” and th
 e Association of Users “Cybertonia.”</p><p><strong>Abstract:</strong> The L
 aboratory of Calculating Machines in Kyiv that in 1950 built the first Sovi
 et electronic digital computer (MESM)\, after 1956 continued working as a d
 epartment of the Mathematical Institute of the Ukrainian Academy of Science
 s under the direction of V.M. Glushkov (1923-1982). In 1962 it was reorgani
 zed into the separate Institute of Cybernetics which in the 1960s developed
  a pioneering series of computers for personal use (at least for engineers)
 \, MIR-1\, MIR-2 and MIR 3\, with an advanced programming language and frie
 ndly user interface. The community of MIR designers created a virtual realm
  of pranks\, music\, and intelligent robots\, akin to the subculture of ear
 ly non-aggressive hackers. Kievan cyberneticians developed marketing strate
 gies to promote MIR computers in the USSR and even internationally. They al
 so formed the first All-Union association of computer users reaching out to
  the Soviet engineering public\, as well as to general public at large\, de
 spite facing some political backlash for the latter.</p><p>Learn more about
  this event series: <a href="https://sts.arts.ubc.ca/colloquium-events/" ta
 rget="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://sts.arts.ubc.ca/colloquium-
 events/</a></p>
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