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198 Book Reviews TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE tween the Continental and Anglo-American traditions would help advance the overall level of discussion. The analyses in this section tend to move back somewhat to an understanding of technology in general, rather than dealing more strictly with computers. On the whole, while the volume cannot be considered strictly an introductory reader, since it requires some background understand­ ing of wider philosophical issues, it is surprisingly accessible and does give coverage to the central concerns in the held. It would be useful to anyone wanting to obtain a deeper understanding of the debates surrounding the issues in information technology. Heinz C. Luegenbiehl Dr. Luegenbiehl is professor of philosophy and technology studies at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Portraits in Silicon. By Robert Slater. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1987. Pp. xiv+ 374; illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $24.95 (cloth); $10.95 (paper). In Portraits in Silicon, Robert Slater presents biographical sketches of thirty-four people who have played important roles in the history of computing. Conceptualizers and theoreticians are represented: Charles Babbage, Alan Turing, John von Neumann, Claude Shan­ non, and Donald Knuth. There are early computer builders: Konrad Zuse, John Atanasoff, John Mauchly, Presper Eckert, Howard Aiken, and Jay Forrester. There are some of the inventors who made possible the miniaturization of computers: William Shockley, Robert Noyce, Jack Kilby, and Ted Hoff. There are hardware designers—Gene Amdahl, Seymour Cray, Gordon Bell—and software designers— Grace Hopper, John Backus, John Kemeny, Thomas Kurtz, Gary Kildall, William Gates, Dennis Ritchie, Kenneth Thompson, Daniel Bricklin. And there are entrepreneurs: Thomas Watson, William Norris, Ross Perot, Nolan Bushnell, Steven Jobs, Adam Osborne, and William Millard. Though the work of neither a historian nor an insider, Portraits in Silicon contains, in a highly readable form, a great deal of informa­ tion, much of it derived from interviews that Slater conducted with twenty-three of the subjects. The writing tends to the anecdotal, with only occasional explanations of hardware or software and only occasional mention of philosophical, political, and social issues raised by the existence of computers. Where the book is most useful is in describing the backgrounds and motivations of the subjects. The polybiographical approach may suggest some patterns. It struck me that many of the subjects had fathers who were engineers; that many, if not most, built mechanical or electrical gadgets as children; and that TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE Book Reviews 199 many were drawn to computing machinery by the practical need to carry out computations. The early history of the electronic computer has, quite naturally, received more scholarly attention than have the developments of the last two or three decades; books by Paul Ceruzzi, Herman Goldstine, and Michael Williams are among the best accounts of the early history. The rapid pace of developments in computing—even events of this decade, such as the introduction of the Osborne in 1981, may seem distant—makes treatment of the recent history, as in Slater’s book, particularly welcome. Frederik Nebeker Dr. Nebeker is a Mellon postdoctoral fellow at the American Philosophical Society, where he is writing a history of geophysics. His Ph.D. dissertation dealt with the effect of computers on meteorology. Atanasoff: Forgotten Father of the Computer. By Clark R. Mollenhoff. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1988. Pp. xv + 274; illustrations, bibliography, appendixes, index. $24.95. The First Electronic Computer: The AtanasoffStory. By Alice R. Burks and Arthur W. Burks. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1988. Pp. xii + 387; illustrations, bibliography, appendix, index. $30.00. In the late 1930s, John V. Atanasoff, a new professor of mathemat­ ics and physics at Iowa State College, abandoned his efforts to build analog devices for doing complex calculations. He began working on what he described as a “computing machine proper”—what we now call a digital computer. Atanasoffbased the machine on electricity and electronics, devised a “regenerative” memory using condensers, and used a binary system to compute by direct logical action rather than an analog approach. With the help of Clifford E. Berry, his graduate assistant, Atanasoff built a prototype to solve differential equations. In 1941, John W. Mauchly, a visiting physics professor from a Pennsylvania college, examined the computer and...

THE IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Computer Society has traced its origin to the formation of the AIEE (American Institute of Electrical Engineers) Large-Scale Computing Devices Committee (CDC) during May and June 1946, which was formally approved by the AIEE Board of Directors on January 29, 1948. The IRE (Institute of Radio Engineers) Professional Group on Electronic Computers (PGEC) was formed on September 14, 1951, which was formally approved by the IRE Board of Directors on October 19, 1951. The AIEE CDC and the IRE PGEC were the roots of the IEEE Computer Society. After the merger of the AIEE and the IRE to form the IEEE in 1963, the AIEE CDC and the IRE PGEC were combined to form the IEEE Computer Group on April 22, 1964, which became the IEEE Computer Society in January 1971. Accordingly the IEEE Computer Society is celebrating its 65th Anniversary in 2011. Likewise the IEEE Transactions on Computers (TC) has traced its origin to the inaugural publication of the IRE Transactions on Electronic Computers in December 1952, with Werner Buchholz as Editor and Jean Felker and James Weiner comprising the Editorial Board. The inaugural issue (PGEC-1) contained papers on computers from WESCON (the Western Electronic Show and Convention), held at Long Beach, California, on August 27-29, 1952. The IRE Transactions on Electronic Computers began as a quarterly publication and became a bimonthly publication in January 1962. After the merger of the AIEE and the IRE in 1963, it became the IEEE Transactions on Electronic Computers in August 1963 (Volume EC-12, Number 4). Since January 1968 (Volume C-17, Number 1), it has become the current IEEE Transactions on Computers (TC) and a monthly publication. The inception of the IRE Transactions on Electronic Computers in 1952 had undoubtedly contributed much to the IRE Computer Group’s visibility and stability. The early formative years saw a succession of outstanding editors, beginning with Werner Buchholz in 1952, Ralph Meagher in 1954, John (Jack) Nash in 1957, Howard Tompkins in 1959, and Arnold Cohen in 1961. The position of associate editor was introduced in April 1961, the fi rst one being John (Jack) Sherman who was appointed to cover the area of analog and hybrid computers; also the name of editor was changed to editor-in-chief. The IEEE Transactions on (Electronic) Computers continued to develop under the editorship of Norman Scott (1963) and Harry Huskey (1965). With expanded breadth of technical coverage, the number of annual pages increased from about 800 in 1962 to nearly 1,400 in 1970. A special 25th Anniversary issue of TC was guest edited by Harry Huskey and published in 1976. It contained state-of-the-art surveys and tutorial presentations, and high-quality papers on emerging computing technology were brought together to present a comprehensive view of developments and evolution of concepts, education, languages, and peripherals in the computer fi eld. The special issue published 18 papers authored by 26 leading experts in their areas of interest. A chronological list of editors/editors-in-chief of TC with years of their appointments is listed as follows. 1. Werner Buchholz, 1952 2. Ralph Meagher, 1954 3. John Nash, 1957 4. Howard Tompkins, 1959 5. Arnold Cohen, 1961 6. Norman Scott, 1963 7. Harry Huskey, 1965 8. Robert Short, 1971 9. Richard Merwin, 1975 10. Taylor Booth, 1978 11. Tse-yun Feng, 1982 12. Ming T. Liu, 1986 13. Earl Swartzlander, 1991 14. Jane W.S. Liu, 1995 15. Jean-Luc Gaudiot, 1999 16. Viktor Prasanna, 2003 17. Fabrizio Lambardi, 2007 18. Albert Zomaya, 2011 In 2011 TC is celebrating the 60th year of its publication. Happy Anniversary!

TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE Book Reviews 199 many were drawn to computing machinery by the practical need to carry out computations. The early history of the electronic computer has, quite naturally, received more scholarly attention than have the developments of the last two or three decades; books by Paul Ceruzzi, Herman Goldstine, and Michael Williams are among the best accounts of the early history. The rapid pace of developments in computing—even events of this decade, such as the introduction of the Osborne in 1981, may seem distant—makes treatment of the recent history, as in Slater’s book, particularly welcome. Frederik Nebeker Dr. Nebeker is a Mellon postdoctoral fellow at the American Philosophical Society, where he is writing a history of geophysics. His Ph.D. dissertation dealt with the effect of computers on meteorology. Atanasoff: Forgotten Father of the Computer. By Clark R. Mollenhoff. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1988. Pp. xv + 274; illustrations, bibliography, appendixes, index. $24.95. The First Electronic Computer: The AtanasoffStory. By Alice R. Burks and Arthur W. Burks. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1988. Pp. xii + 387; illustrations, bibliography, appendix, index. $30.00. In the late 1930s, John V. Atanasoff, a new professor of mathemat­ ics and physics at Iowa State College, abandoned his efforts to build analog devices for doing complex calculations. He began working on what he described as a “computing machine proper”—what we now call a digital computer. Atanasoffbased the machine on electricity and electronics, devised a “regenerative” memory using condensers, and used a binary system to compute by direct logical action rather than an analog approach. With the help of Clifford E. Berry, his graduate assistant, Atanasoff built a prototype to solve differential equations. In 1941, John W. Mauchly, a visiting physics professor from a Pennsylvania college, examined the computer and a thirty-five-page document explaining its principles. The document had been used to obtain funding and was to be the basis of a patent application. But the war intervened and the patent claim was never pursued by Iowa State. By 1942, Atanasoff was working for the Naval Ordnance Laboratory in Washington; in 1946, ENIAC was unveiled, and shortly afterward, Mauchly and his assistant J. Presper Eckert, applied for a number of ENIAC-related patents. Atanasoff knew of these develop­ ments and apparently even suspected that Mauchly used information from his Iowa visit. Nevertheless, it was not until he became involved in corporate attempts to break the Mauchly-Eckert patents (which had 200 Book Reviews TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE been sold to Remington Rand, later Sperry Rand) that Atanasoff saw an opportunity for receiving credit for his contribution to the development of computing. In a suit between Honeywell and Sperry Rand, a U.S. districtjudge ruled in 1973 that Mauchly “derived” ideas claimed in the Mauchly-Eckert patents from his visit to Atanasoff thirty years earlier. The “first electronic computer” was not the ENIAC built by Mauchly and Eckert: it was the ABC (Atanasoff Berry Computer) built by John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry. Clark R. Mollenhoff’s Atanasoff: Forgotten Father of Computing and Alice R. Burks and Arthur W. Burks’s The First Electronic Computer: The Atanasoff Story intend to correct a historical record that might have denied Atanasoff credit for his achievements. Mollenhoff emphasizes the personal details of Atanasoff’s life. The account is a colorful human-interest story, establishing key events and actors, but marred by oversimplifying the characters in the tale. Atanasoff is depicted as a noble scientist who “plays by the rules” of science rather than seeking fame and fortune. Mauchly, on the other hand, is a wicked pirate taking advantage of another man’s genius and modesty. Atana­ soff is a quick introduction to the Atanasoff-Mauchly issues. It does not present, however, the technical and legal details in depth: for Mollenhoff, the court decision settled the priority dispute. In contrast, Burks and Burks do not expect their readers to be persuaded merely by the court decision. They conduct a new trial in Atanasoff’s defense for the benefit of historians and members of the computer community, focusing on the technical details of inventions and prior work by both Atanasoff and Mauchly. With ample...

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A computer network consists of computers that communicate via any physical media through a network formed by links and nodes, the nodes being the computers. Computer networks have evolved along their short history. Computer networks have changed drastically in mission and implementation from the early projects supported by the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) and from other organizations, tracing back the origins to 1962. The ARPA network (ARPANET) consisted initially of a small set of nodes at research centres and universities, connected with links at 56 kbps across the United States. ARPANET was the core of the early Internet, a network for research centres and universities. Computer networks are based on the concept of packet switching within a shared communication medium, as opposite to circuit switching, the dominant paradigm for the precedent telegraph and telephone networks. In 1968 Paul Baran proposed a network system based on nodes that forward datagrams or packets from different users over a common line between computer systems from origin to destination. The packet switching paradigm provides resiliency of network against network node failures, the independent routing of datagrams per node makes possible that the datagrams reach their destination even in presence of multiple node failures. Computer networks hardware and communication protocols evolved through time: the Network Control Protocol (NCP) evolved to the four layer (1978) TCP/IP protocol stack. TCP/IP became dominant against the complex seven layer Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) stack proposed (1977) by International Standard Organization (ISO), too complex for implementation and interoperability. A view of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) protocols stack is shown in Figure 1. The role of IP protocol as simple interconnection protocol between networks using dissimilar LAN technologies (Token Ring, Token Bus, ATM LANE, Ethernet, Wi-Fi) has been essential to build the Internet. However, with the widespread deployment of high performance/cost Ethernet and its self compatibility (10/100/1 Gigabit/10 Gigabit), Ethernet is becoming more and more the interconnecting technology, and Metro Ethernet Services are offered by network service providers. Computer networks are based on communication standards. The reference standardization organizations for computer networks, but not the only ones, are the Internet Engineering Task Force, which is the standard organization for Internet Protocols, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) LAN MAN Group (IEEE 802) that elaborates and approves standards on the lower layers of protocol stack. The International Standards Organizations (ISO) and the International Telecommunications Union are also key organizations for computer networks, given the convergence of telecommunication and data networks. The evolution of computer networks affects all protocol layers, including the application layer. The development of increasingly sophisticated computer applications that seamlessly integrate data and communications, creating a new virtual space where actors interact is the objective of “social” applications and collaborative software.

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Crop ScienceVolume 2, Issue 4 cropsci1962.0011183X000200040019x p. 341-344 Article Types of Gene Action in Yield Heterosis in Maize1 L. H. Penny, L. H. PennySearch for more papers by this authorW. A. Russell, W. A. RussellSearch for more papers by this authorG. F. Sprague, G. F. Sprague Research Agronomist, USDA, and Professor, Iowa State University; Associate Professor, Iowa State University; and Research Agronomist, USDA, and formerly Professor, Iowa State University.Search for more papers by this author L. H. Penny, L. H. PennySearch for more papers by this authorW. A. Russell, W. A. RussellSearch for more papers by this authorG. F. Sprague, G. F. Sprague Research Agronomist, USDA, and Professor, Iowa State University; Associate Professor, Iowa State University; and Research Agronomist, USDA, and formerly Professor, Iowa State University.Search for more papers by this author First published: 01 July 1962 https://doi.org/10.2135/cropsci1962.0011183X000200040019xCitations: 5 1 Contribution from the Iowa Agricultural and Home Economics Experiment Station and the Crops Research Division, ARS, USDA, cooperating. Journal Paper 4175 of the Iowa Agr. and Home Econ. Exp. Sta., Project 1140. AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume2, Issue4July–August 1962Pages 341-344 RelatedInformation

Animal GeneticsVolume 35, Issue 2 p. 164-164 Physical and linkage mapping of the lymphocyte antigen 86 (LY86) gene to porcine chromosome 7 S.-H. Zhao, S.-H. Zhao Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, 2255 Kildee Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA Permanent address: College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.Search for more papers by this authorA. Erickson, A. Erickson Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, 2255 Kildee Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USASearch for more papers by this authorC. K. Tuggle, C. K. Tuggle Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, 2255 Kildee Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USASearch for more papers by this author S.-H. Zhao, S.-H. Zhao Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, 2255 Kildee Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA Permanent address: College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.Search for more papers by this authorA. Erickson, A. Erickson Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, 2255 Kildee Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USASearch for more papers by this authorC. K. Tuggle, C. K. Tuggle Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, 2255 Kildee Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USASearch for more papers by this author First published: 17 March 2004 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2052.2004.01110.x C. K. Tuggle ([email protected]) Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL No abstract is available for this article. Volume35, Issue2April 2004Pages 164-164 RelatedInformation

Based on citizen demand, Iowa State University (ISU) established the first organic specialist faculty position at a US land grant university in 1997, as a shared appointment in the departments of horticulture and agronomy, with a 70% extension and 30% research split. By 1999, a national survey determined that ISU had reached the upper percentile of organic research, extension and educational activities at land grant universities in the US. This result was attributed to a series of successful Organic Agriculture Focus Groups in 1998, convened to help direct the new organic research and extension program at ISU. Partnerships with the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture and the College of Agriculture facilitated the ISU sustainable agriculture extension leader and organic specialist‘s participation in an extensive focus group dialogue with a diverse group of farmers (organic and conventional), agribusiness professionals, bankers and consumers in six agricultural communities across Iowa. Focus group responses included the need for organic research at the university level, since the majority of organic farmers (65%) were receiving their information from other organic farmers and non-governmental publications. Paramount in the needs assessment was the establishment of organic research sites across the state to demonstrate the economic and environmental benefits associated with organic farming practices over the long term. Specific outcomes-based extension needs were articulated, which led to the development of an annual schedule of organic workshops, field days and conferences. In 2001, in a survey of 300 farmers to assess the outcomes of the Organic Agriculture Program, all respondents (39% return rate) reported benefiting from an extension organic program. Similar to focus group results, farmers rated workshops and field days as the most likely venue for information dissemination. As a result of organic farming practices, 90% of respondents reported an increase in soil quality and 67% reported a 6–30% increase in farm income. The success of land grant university organic programs will be dependent upon administrative support, sufficient resources and community involvement in the decision-making process.

The focus of this study was to determine the extent to which Iowa State University, a predominantly white institution, is committed to providing an environment that is inclusive and basically bias free for African-American undergraduate students. The comments of the study will be limited to African-American students, the largest racial group at Iowa State, but similarities do exist among other ethnic groups. The researcher examined if the model institution, in this case Iowa State, has the following factors in providing a diverse and inclusive atmosphere for African-American students: 1) increasing numbers of African-American students, especially in underrepresented majors; 2) increasing general financial assistance opportumties; 3) increasing scholarship opportunities; 4) offering opportunities for professional and personal development by increasing numbers of African-American faculty and staff; 5) increasing graduation and retention rates of African-American students. The investigator developed a five-point diversity model, based on a modIfication of Richard C. Richardson's (1989) Model of Institutional Adaptation to Student Diversity (see Appendix). For the purposes of this study, the researcher examined whether Iowa State fit the model, in what areas, and then documented the findings. More specifically, this study revealed that if Iowa State has moved closer to diversity in the past twenty years. The review of the literature compared Iowa State to other mstitutions and their solutions of nurturing and retaining African-American students.

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A computer network consists of computers that communicate via any physical media through a network formed by links and nodes, the nodes being the computers. Computer networks have evolved along their short history. Computer networks have changed drastically in mission and implementation from the early projects supported by the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) and from other organizations, tracing back the origins to 1962. The ARPA network (ARPANET) consisted initially of a small set of nodes at research centres and universities, connected with links at 56 kbps across the United States. ARPANET was the core of the early Internet, a network for research centres and universities. Computer networks are based on the concept of packet switching within a shared communication medium, as opposite to circuit switching, the dominant paradigm for the precedent telegraph and telephone networks. In 1968 Paul Baran proposed a network system based on nodes that forward datagrams or packets from different users over a common line between computer systems from origin to destination. The packet switching paradigm provides resiliency of network against network node failures, the independent routing of datagrams per node makes possible that the datagrams reach their destination even in presence of multiple node failures. Computer networks hardware and communication protocols evolved through time: the Network Control Protocol (NCP) evolved to the four layer (1978) TCP/IP protocol stack. TCP/IP became dominant against the complex seven layer Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) stack proposed (1977) by International Standard Organization (ISO), too complex for implementation and interoperability. A view of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) protocols stack is shown in Figure 1. The role of IP protocol as simple interconnection protocol between networks using dissimilar LAN technologies (Token Ring, Token Bus, ATM LANE, Ethernet, Wi-Fi) has been essential to build the Internet. However, with the widespread deployment of high performance/cost Ethernet and its self compatibility (10/100/1 Gigabit/10 Gigabit), Ethernet is becoming more and more the interconnecting technology, and Metro Ethernet Services are offered by network service providers. Computer networks are based on communication standards. The reference standardization organizations for computer networks, but not the only ones, are the Internet Engineering Task Force, which is the standard organization for Internet Protocols, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) LAN MAN Group (IEEE 802) that elaborates and approves standards on the lower layers of protocol stack. The International Standards Organizations (ISO) and the International Telecommunications Union are also key organizations for computer networks, given the convergence of telecommunication and data networks. The evolution of computer networks affects all protocol layers, including the application layer. The development of increasingly sophisticated computer applications that seamlessly integrate data and communications, creating a new virtual space where actors interact is the objective of “social” applications and collaborative software.

<b><sc>Abstract.</sc></b> Iowa State University has been awarded two grants focused on professional development and education. The grants are part of the U.S. Department of State and the American Councils for International Education programming for the UniCEN platform. UniCEN focuses on increasing sustainable collaborations between U.S. and Central Asia higher education partners. Twenty-two of the partnerships in the UniCEN network are in Uzbekistan, located in the heart of Central Asia. The Iowa State University partnership builds on two project grants. One grant, entitled Enhancing the Reputation of Research in Uzbekistan through Professional Development, focuses on faculty research and workforce development. The second grant, entitled, Advanced Agricultural Machinery Partnership Between Iowa State and TIIAME, focuses on partnership development and agricultural machinery systems engineering training. To date, both projects are developing and delivering online webinars based on needs assessments conducted in 2020. The planned project grant outcomes are: (i) one oral research presentation per Uzbek participant, (ii) one academic writing artifact (paper, poster, grant proposal, or similar) per Uzbek participant, and (iii) improvement of Uzbek participants' research knowledge and practices (evaluated by the pre-post testing and/or interviews). The planned small faculty project outcomes are: (i) greater common understanding of agricultural machinery systems in the U.S. Midwestern and the Uzbekistan agricultural contexts, (ii) broader development of relationships between the respective agricultural machinery faculty and students at Iowa State and TIIAME, and (iii) a strategy for developing a formal and sustainable partnership between the institutions. This project supports broader economic impact by advancing research initiatives on par with developed countries. Such initiatives, particularly in agriculture and engineering, could lead to new products, processes, or other innovations that propel industry efforts. Social impacts can be felt when research initiatives lead to improved environmental sustainability. This conference paper will present an overview of the education, outreach, and professional development opportunities in Central Asia via the UniCEN program and the developing partnership between Iowa State University and the Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers in Tashkent and the Bukhara Branch.