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Ralph J. Slutz

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Ralph J. Slutz
Born(1917-05-18)May 18, 1917
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
💀DiedNovember 16, 2005(2005-11-16) (aged 88)
Boulder, Colorado, USANovember 16, 2005(2005-11-16) (aged 88)
🏫 EducationMassachusetts Institute of Technology (BS 1938 and MS 1939 both in Electrical Engineering)
Princeton University (Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics 1946)
💼 Occupation
Known forSEAC (computer)

Ralph J. Slutz (May 18, 1917, in Cleveland, Ohio – November 16, 2005, in Boulder, Colorado) was an American computer pioneer and physicist.[1], best remembered for his work in the Computer Project at the Institute of Advanced Study[2][3][4], 1946-1948, and for his work as an inventor and the Chief Architect for the SEAC (computer) with Samuel N. Alexander at the National Bureau of Standards (NIST today), 1948-1954[5]. He became the Chief of the Radio Propagation Physics Division of the National Bureau of Standards at Boulder, Colorado in 1954[1].

In 1980, after retiring from the National Bureau of Standards, he became a senior research scientist leading the ICOADS project[6][1] at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado at Boulder. Ralph Slutz co-authored the first paper of the ICOADS project, entitled “A Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set”, published in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society in 1987[7]. This huge data set is the most widely used and freely available collection of the global surface marine data in the world from 1662 to now [8]

Ralph Slutz received both BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering from MIT in 1938 and 1939 respectively[1], and his Ph.D. theoretical physics in 1946[1].

The Ralph J. Slutz Student Award[9] has been established since 2010 in Computer Science Department, University of Colorado at Boulder.

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 IEEE (2005). "Contributors". IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine. 47 (6): 97. Bibcode:2005IAPM...47...97.. doi:10.1109/MAP.2005.1608744.
  2. "Electronic Computer Project". Institute of Advanced Study. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  3. "Ralph Slutz". Institute of Advanced Study. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  4. Edwards, Jon R. (4 April 2012). "An early history of computing at Princeton". Princeton Alumni Weekly. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  5. "SEAC Boots Up". National Institute of Standards and Technology. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  6. "The Early History of COADS" (PDF). U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  7. Scott D. Woodruff; Slutz, Ralph J.; Jenne, Roy L.; Steurer, Peter M. (1987-10-01). "A Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set". Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 68 (10): 1239–1250. Bibcode:1987BAMS...68.1239W. doi:10.1175/1520-0477(1987)068<1239:ACOADS>2.0.CO;2.
  8. "New Daily International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set". National Centers for Environmental Information. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  9. "Ralph J. Slutz Student Excellence Award in Computer Science". University of Colorado. Retrieved 8 October 2023.



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