Brief History of tecnology and computation in Chile

Diagram: Cybersyn project

Technology has geography, history, culture

Technology is not just about building smart, better or innovative things.

Technology as social, cultural and geographical roots and implicances.

It is necessary to consider this issues in order to understand the impact of technology in people and society.

Computer ER-56, Engineering School Universidad de Chile.

First digital computers in Chile (1961 and 1962)

-Customs house, Valparaíso (December 1961) for administrative processing.

-School of Engineering, Faculty of Physical Sciences and Mathematics, University of Chile (1962)

First scientifically oriented computer. Standard Elektrik Lorenz ER-56 (German)

INTEC (1968)

Industrial Design Group at INTEC

Technological Research Institute of Chile INTEC dependent on CORFO.(Production Promotion Corporation)

Cabinet design for an electronic calculator, 1971.

Image: Fernando Portal Redesign (2018 aprox.)

INTEC (1968)

https://artishockrevista.com/2018/06/06/fernando-portal-bienes-publicos/

Antu Television (1970)

Electronic Industry in Chile

usdii!iekrell

Computer departments of the Universities of Chile and Santiago

Patricio Poblete (academic) and José Miguel Piquer (assistant)

“If this email reaches you, let's open a bottle of champagne”.

Computation in Chile: four paradigmatic cases

–Protobio

–Cyberstride

–Thor –VirDet

Protobio:

Humberto Maturana, Francisco

Varela, Ricardo Uribe

Protobio:

Based on formal description of Autopoiesis, concept or metabolic self organization in living systems.

Systemic concept

Definition of life

Protobio:

May be the first artificial life simulation in the world.

Protobio:

Cybernetic Forum (1981)

http://www.eeng.dcu.ie/~alife/bmcm9701/node7.html

http://www.eeng.dcu.ie/~alife/bmcm9701/node18.html#listings

Cybersyn

Control and administration of the Chilean economy. Background of Big Data and Data

Cybersyn

Cybersyn. Chile, 1970, 1973.

Science. Viable System Model, by Stafford Beer.

Parts of the Project:

Proyecto Checo

Cybernet

Sala de Operaciones

Cyberstride

Cyberfolk

Cybersyn

Stafford Beer

Extensive use of diagrams, for the process and contextualization of the project.

Cybersyn

Cybersyn

Cybersyn.

Background of Big Data and Data Science

First project in human history of a society whose management is based on data

Cybersyn

Cybernetics Revolutionaries

Eden Medina.

Thor

TOR, chilean computer (70)

Hellmuth Stuven, Dinamarca.

Vir-Det

Vir-Det: The World's First Antivirus (1987) Universal Antivirus. Miguel Giacman.

-Vir-Det: attacked the world's first virus (Jerusalem virus). 7 more viruses appeared, Giacaman invented 7 antiviruses.

Oyster antivirus Universal

- Based on the immune system (1994), bought by IBM, called it the best antivirus in the world...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVpOISXz0Es

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFJ32sR10go

Some key points:

–Almost all are based on biological concepts (Protobio, Cybersyn, VirDet

–Emerging from not central geographical and cultural context

–Proposing novel technology but also societal views

–First in their kind, opening new frontiers

REFERENCES

http://www.icarito.cl/

Revista Bits de Ciencias (Universidad de Chile) https://www.dcc.uchile.cl/bits-de-ciencia

Juan Álvarez (Profesor DCC, Universidad de Chile)

La historia del primer computador que llego a Chile. Artículo

http://diario.latercera.com/2010/09/17/01/contenido/tendencias/16-38909-9-la-historia-delprimercomputador-que-llego-a-chile.shtml DCC conmemoró 50 años de la instalación del computador ER-56.

https://www.dcc.uchile.cl/node/1344 Historia de la computación en Chile.

Sebastian Ojeda, Maximiliano Fuenzalida, Andares Padilla.

https://es.slideshare.net/andresipadilla/historia-de-la-computacion-12872937

“Diseno industrial Estatal en Chile 1968-1973”, Hugo Pamarola.

http://www.guibonsiepe.com/pdffiles/timeline_design_chile.pdf

Juan Álvarez Rubio especial para G80 El Golpe en la Computación / Informática chilena

https://www.g80.cl/noticias/columna_completa.php?varid=18359

DCC conmemoró 50 años de la instalación del computador ER-56

https://www.dcc.uchile.cl/node/1344

Cybersyn, Sinergia Cibernética.

http://www.cybersyn.cl/