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In this paper, Julian Dunayevich gives an account of his role in the early days of the process that eventually resulted in the first teleinformatic networks in Argentina. As part of his work at the Universidad de Buenos Aires' Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (the UBA's College of Natural and Exact Sciences), he founded the Red Académica Nacional (National Academic Network), UBA's Centro de...
This paper analyzes the circumstances, process and means by which networks developed in Argentina before the rise of Internet as a commercial alternative. Through interviews with the major players, private newsletters, early emails, news reports and institutional archives, we attempt to trace a factual chronology that involves a matrix of individuals, organizations and technologies from 1985 to 1984.
Nowadays, it is very important for young people to have basic information technology skills in order to get jobs, to be able to continue studying (college) or for just being an active member of the society. For this reason, it is very important to introduce the teaching of information and communications technologies (ICTs) in secondary schools. In Argentina, a lot of profesionals in information technology...
The well known portuguese mathematician Antonio Monteiro (1907-1980), founder of the prestigious mathematics school at the National University of the South (UNS), actively manifested his interest in computation beginning in the late 1950s. This interest, directed primarily at theoretical aspects, also manifested itself in an attempt to create a new focus amongst mathematicians as well as seeking support...
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