Arun Kumar Choudhury

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Arun Kumar Choudhury
Rajabazar Science College, Patna University

Arun Kumar Choudhury (6 January 1923 – 6 September 1987) was the Indian founding head[1] of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering[2] at the University of Calcutta. He was a pioneer in both Analog and Digital Computing,[3] since 1950's. A.K. Choudhury Memorial Lectures[4] are arranged at various Indian Universities[5] to celebrate his contributions.[6]

Career

Analog computer developed by Choudhury

Choudhury was instrumental in building the first analog computer in India.

High Threshold Logic, unate-cascade realizability[8] and fault-tolerant synthesis of sequential machine[9]

A list of Choudhury's publications may be found here[10] and here.[11]

Each year, lectures on Computer Science are arranged in memory of Choudhury's achievements.[12] The Information Technology College at Calcutta University is named after Choudhury.[13]

References

  1. ^ "::History of the Department". cucse.org.
  2. ^ "Computer Science and Engineering - CU". www.caluniv.ac.in.
  3. ^ "AKC". www.caluniv.ac.in.
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  5. ^ "ICDCN 2010". www.cucse.org.
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  7. ^ "Radio Physics and Electronics Association". www.rpeassociation.in.
  8. ^ Schmitz, Harold Gregory (1969). Minimization methods for cellular logic arrays (PhD thesis). Montana State University. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Publications in Reed-Muller Logic and Related Areas".
  10. ^ "DBLP: Arun K. Choudhury".
  11. ^ "Search results | Taylor & Francis Online".
  12. ^ "Icdcn 2012".
  13. ^ "AKC".