Person

Wong, David G.

Occupation
Computer scientist

Summary

David G. Wong is Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Information Engineering at the University of Sydney. He worked on the SNOCOM computer, a small solid state computer which was used at the Snowy Mountains Hydroelectricity Authority headquarters at Cooma, New South Wales, from 1960-1967. He was also involved in developing small machines for educational purposes and on-line process control by the design and building of the ARCTURUS between 1960 and 1966.

Details

Completed a PhD at the University of Sydney in 1966 on the topic The Design and Construction of the Digital Computers Snocom, Nimbus and Arcturus.

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See also

Rosanne Walker

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