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Joint Computer Conferences Status Discontinued Genre Computer science and information technology Venue Various locations in the United States Inaugurated 1951 Most recent 1987 Attendance 15,000 (1967 FJCC) Organized by National Joint Computer Committee (1951–1961) AFIPS (1962–1987) Sponsors ACM AIEE IRE

The **Joint Computer Conferences** were a series of computer conferences in the United States held under various names between 1951 and 1987.[1] The conferences were the venue for presentations and papers representing "cumulative work in the [computer] field."[2]

Originally a semi-annual pair, the **Western Joint Computer Conference** (**WJCC**) was held annually in the western United States, and a counterpart, the **Eastern Joint Computer Conference** (**EJCC**), was held annually in the eastern US. Both conferences were sponsored by an organization known as the *[National Joint Computer Committee](/source/National_Joint_Computer_Committee)* (NJCC), composed of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the [American Institute of Electrical Engineers](/source/American_Institute_of_Electrical_Engineers) (AIEE) Committee on Computing Devices, and the [Institute of Radio Engineers](/source/Institute_of_Radio_Engineers) (IRE) Professional Group on Electronic Computers.[3]: p.47

In 1962 the [American Federation of Information Processing Societies](/source/American_Federation_of_Information_Processing_Societies) (AFIPS) took over sponsorship and renamed them **Fall Joint Computer Conference** (**FJCC**) and **Spring Joint Computer Conference** (**SJCC**).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

In 1973 AFIPS merged the two conferences into a single annual **National Computer Conference** (**NCC**) which ran until discontinued in 1987.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

The 1967 FJCC in [Anaheim, California](/source/Anaheim%2C_California) attracted 15,000 attendees.[2] In 1968 in [San Francisco, California](/source/San_Francisco%2C_California) [Douglas Engelbart](/source/Douglas_Engelbart) presented "[The Mother of All Demos](/source/The_Mother_of_All_Demos)" presenting such then-new technologies as the [computer mouse](/source/Computer_mouse), [video conferencing](/source/Video_conference), [teleconferencing](/source/Teleconference), and [hypertext](/source/Hypertext).

## Conference dates

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### Eastern Joint Computer Conference

Year Location Dates Comments 1951 Philadelphia, PA December 10–12 Presented papers published with the title "Review of Electronic Digital Computers"[5][6] 1952 New York, NY December 10–12 "Review of Input and Output Equipment used in Computing Systems"[7][8] 1953 Washington, DC December 8–10 Theme: "Information Processing Systems – Reliability and Requirements"[9][8] 1954 Philadelphia, PA December 10–12 "The Design and Application of Small Digital Computers"[note 1][10] 1955 Boston, MA November 7–9 "Computers in Business and Industrial Systems"[11][12] 1956 New York, NY December 10–12 "New Developments in Computers"[13][14] 1957 Washington, DC December 9–13 1958 Philadelphia, PA December 3–5 1959 Boston, MA December 1–3 UNIVAC LARC[15] 1960 New York, NY December 13–15 1961 Washington, DC December 12–14

### Western Joint Computer Conference

Year Location Dates Comments 1953 Los Angeles, CA February 1–6 Subjects: "evaluation of digital and analog computers, commercial applications of computers, airplane problems, etc."[7][16] 1954 Los Angeles, CA February 11–12 "Trends in Computers: Automatic Control and Data Processing."[17][18] 1955 Los Angeles, CA March 1–3 "Functions and Techniques in Analog and Digital Computers"[10][19] 1956 San Francisco, CA February 7–9 [20][21] 1957 Los Angeles, CA February 26–28 "Techniques For Reliability"[13] 1958 Los Angeles, CA May 6–8 1959 San Francisco, CA March 3–5 1960 San Francisco, CA May 3–5 1961 Los Angeles, CA May 9–11

### Spring Joint Computer Conference

Year Location Dates Comments 1962 San Francisco. CA May 1–3 Exception to East Coast siting, FJCC was on East Coast. Compatible Time-Sharing System (CTSS) 1963 Detroit, MI May 21–23 1964 Washington, DC April 21–23 1965 1966 Boston, MA April 26–28 1967 Atlantic City, NJ April 18–20 1968 Atlantic City, NJ April 30-May 2 1969 Boston, MA May 14–16 1970 Atlantic City, NJ May 5–7 PDP-11 1971 Atlantic City, NJ May 18–20 1972 Atlantic City, NJ May 16–18

### Fall Joint Computer Conference

Year Location Dates Comments 1962 Philadelphia, PA December 4–6 Exception to West Coast siting, SJCC was on West Coast. 1963 Las Vegas, NV November 12–14 1964 San Francisco, CA October 27–29 General Motors DAC-1 CAD system 1965 Las Vegas, NV November 30-December 1 Multics Operating System 1966 San Francisco, CA November 7–10 1967 Anaheim, CA November 14–16 1968 San Francisco, CA December 9–11 XPL, "The Mother of All Demos" 1969 Las Vegas, NV November 18–20 1970 Houston, TX November 17–19 Four-Phase IV/70 1971 Las Vegas, NV November 16–18 1972 Anaheim, CA December 5–17

### National Computer Conference

Year Location Dates Comments 1973 New York, NY June 4–8 1974 Chicago, IL May 6–10 1975 Anaheim, CA[22] May 19–22 ADM-3 1976 New York, NY June 7–10 1977 Dallas, TX June 13–16 1978 Anaheim, CA June 5–8 1979 New York, NY June 4–7 1980 Anaheim, CA May 19–22 1981 Chicago, IL May 4–7 Xerox Star 1982 Houston, TX June 7–10 Microcomputers prominent for first time[23] 1983 Anaheim, CA May 16–19 1984 Las Vegas, NV July 9–12 1985 Chicago, IL July 15–18 1986 Dallas, TX November 2–6 1987 Chicago, IL June 15–18

## See also

- [American Federation of Information Processing Societies](/source/American_Federation_of_Information_Processing_Societies)

- [COMDEX](/source/COMDEX)

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Small Digital Computers "being defined roughly as automatic digital computers costing less than $150,000 or using less than 20 kilowatts of power."

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Five Years Ago, Nov.24, 1971"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kuEuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kE0DAAAAIBAJ&dq=fall-joint-computer-conference&pg=4164%2C3551676). *Computerworld*. November 15, 1976. Retrieved Feb 2, 2013.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-CW1968_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-CW1968_2-1) ["Fall Joint Computer Conference Expected to Draw Record Crowds"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0NtOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lE4DAAAAIBAJ&dq=fall-joint-computer-conference&pg=4268%2C4180094). *Computerworld*. Dec 11, 1968. Retrieved Feb 2, 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Kent, Allen; Lancour, Harold (1969). [*Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science: Volume 2 - Association*](https://books.google.com/books?id=kauItn1mh6QC&dq=%22national+Joint+Computer+Committee%22+founding&pg=PA47). CRC Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780824720025](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780824720025).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["AFIPS Conference Dates"](http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/afips/AFIPS_Conference_Dates.txt). Retrieved Feb 2, 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Office of Naval Research, Mathematical Sciences Division, Digital Computer Newsletter Vol. 4, No. 4. Unclassified. - NOTICE"](https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/16897-office-naval-research-mathematical-sciences). *National Security Archive*. 1952-10-01. p. 7. Retrieved 2023-06-14.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Automatic Computing Machinery - Bibliography Z - 1054. Joint AIEE-IRE Computer Conference"](https://www.ams.org/mcom/1953-07-044/S0025-5718-53-99352-1/). *Mathematics of Computation*. **7** (44): 258–264. 1953. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1090/S0025-5718-53-99352-1](https://doi.org/10.1090%2FS0025-5718-53-99352-1). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0025-5718](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0025-5718).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_7-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_7-1) ["4 & 11. Joint AIEE-IRE-ACM Computer Conference ..."](https://archive.org/details/sim_computers-and-people_1953-07_2_5/page/n19/). *Computers and Automation 1953-07: Vol 2 Iss 5*. Berkeley Enterprises. 1953-07-01. pp. 15–16.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:1_8-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:1_8-1) ["NOTICES - JOINT COMPUTER CONFERENCE"](https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/16903-office-naval-research-mathematical-science). *National Security Archive*. Digital Computer Newsletter Vol. 5, No. 4. pp. 15–18. Retrieved 2023-06-21.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** "ARTICLES - The End of an Epoch: The Joint Computer Conference, Washington, D. C., December, 1953". [*Computers and Automation 1954-01: Vol 3 Iss 1*](https://archive.org/details/sim_computers-and-people_1954-01_3_1/page/n5/). Berkeley Enterprises. 1954-01-01. pp. 6–7.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:2_11-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:2_11-1) "THE EDITOR'S NOTES - WESTERN JOINT COMPUTER CONFERENCE, March, 1955; Eastern Joint Computer Conference, Philadelphia, Dec. 8-10, 1954". [*Computers and Automation 1955-01: Vol 4 Iss 1*](https://archive.org/details/sim_computers-and-people_1955-01_4_1/page/n3/). Berkeley Enterprises. 1955-01-01. pp. 4, 14–17.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** "Forum: EASTERN JOINT COMPUTER CONFERENCE, BOSTON, NOVEMBER, 1955". [*Computers and Automation 1955-09: Vol 4 Iss 9*](http://archive.org/details/sim_computers-and-people_1955-09_4_9). Berkeley Enterprises. 1955-09-01. p. 30.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** "Forum: EASTERN JOINT COMPUTER CONFERENCE". [*Computers and Automation 1955-11: Vol 4 Iss 11*](https://archive.org/details/sim_computers-and-people_1955-11_4_11/page/n11/). Berkeley Enterprises. 1955-11-01. pp. 12–13.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:3_14-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:3_14-1) ["Dec. 10-12: Eastern Joint Computer Conference; Feb. 26-28: Western Joint Computer Conference"](https://archive.org/details/sim_electronic-design_1956-10-15_4_20/page/21/). *Electronic Design: Vol 4 Iss 20*. Penton Media. 1956-10-15. pp. 20–21.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** ["Eastern Joint Computer Conference"](https://archive.org/details/sim_computers-and-people_1956-12_5_12/page/n19/). *Computers and Automation: Vol 5 Iss 12*. Berkeley Enterprises. 1956-12-01. pp. 20–23, 26, 31.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** Eckert, J.P.; et al. (1959). ["Design of the Univac - LARC System: I"](http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/afips/1959-12_%2316.pdf) (PDF). *Proceedings of the Eastern Joint Computer Conference*. Vol. 16. pp. 59–65. Retrieved Nov 4, 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-17)** ["Automatic Computing Machinery - News - IEE-IRE-ACM"](https://www.ams.org/mcom/1953-07-043/S0025-5718-53-99360-0/). *Mathematics of Computation*. **7** (43): 202–205. 1953. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1090/S0025-5718-53-99360-0](https://doi.org/10.1090%2FS0025-5718-53-99360-0). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0025-5718](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0025-5718).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-18)** [*Proceedings of the February 11-12, 1954, western computer conference: Trends in computers: automatic control and data processing on - AIEE-IRE '53 (Western)*](https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/1455200). New York, New York, USA: ACM Press. 1954. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1145/1455200](https://doi.org/10.1145%2F1455200).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-19)** "FORUM - 1. Western Computer Conference and Exhibit". [*Computers and Automation 1954-01: Vol 3 Iss 1*](https://archive.org/details/sim_computers-and-people_1954-01_3_1/page/n13/). Berkeley Enterprises. 1954-01-01. p. 14.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-20)** ["Western Computer Conference and Exhibit, Los Angeles; March 1–3, 1955. Titles of Papers and Abstracts"](https://archive.org/details/sim_computers-and-people_1955-04_4_4/page/n37/). *Computers and Automation 1955-04: Vol 4 Iss 4*. Berkeley Enterprises. 1955-04-01. pp. 38–40.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-21)** ["Forum - WESTERN JOINT COMPUTER CONFERENCE AND EXHIBIT"](https://archive.org/details/sim_computers-and-people_1956-01_5_1/page/n41/). *Computers and Automation: Vol 5 Iss 1*. Berkeley Enterprises. 1956-01-01. p. 42.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-22)** ["WESTERN JOINT COMPUTER CONFERENCE"](https://archive.org/details/sim_computers-and-people_1956-05_5_5/page/n25/). *Computers and Automation: Vol 5 Iss 5*. Berkeley Enterprises. 1956-05-01. pp. 26–30.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-23)** ["Computerworld"](https://books.google.com/books?id=CdkopCC9Q0QC&dq=Anaheim&pg=PA50). 1975-05-14.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-morgan198209_24-0)** Morgan, Chris (September 1982). ["NCC Report"](https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1982-09/page/n58/mode/1up?view=theater). *BYTE*. pp. 58–61. Retrieved 2024-12-29.

## External links

- [AFIPS conference bibliography, 1951-1987](http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/afips/)

- ["AFIPS Conference - Proceedings \[1951-1984; Conference proceedings / Browse all Workshops alphabetically\]"](https://dl.acm.org/conference/afips/proceedings). *ACM Digital Library*. Retrieved 2023-06-14.

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