Antonín Svoboda

Antonín Svoboda

(14. 10. 1907 Praha, CZ – 18. 5. 1980 Portland, US)

Student of Šimek in Prague

Studies of physics at Charles University in Prague

Researcher, Radiation Laboratory, MIT, US

Professor of practical analysis, Czech Technical University in Prague

Professor of Computer Science, University of California, Los Angeles

Founder and Director, Research Institute of Mathematical Machines, Prague

Pioneer of information science and computer design

Awarded by the Naval Ordance Development Award, US

Credit, Wikipedia. Available online http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton%C3%ADn_Svoboda

Oblonsky, J. G. Eloge: Antonin Svoboda, 1907-1980. In: Annals of the History of Computing, 2, 1980, 284-298.