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'''Benjamin (Ben) Mittman''', (1928 - September 27, 2018)<br/>
was an American photographer, computer scientist, retired professor of Computer Science and Information Systems at [[Northwestern University]], and former director of ''Northwestern's Vogelback Computing Center'' <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Northwestern_University History of Northwestern University from Wikipedia]</ref> . In 1970 Ben Mittman and [[Monroe Newborn|Monty Newborn]] initiated, constituted and organized the [[ACM North American Computer Chess Championship]], and together with [[Monroe Newborn|Monty Newborn]] and [[David Levy]], the [[World Computer Chess Championship]] in 1974. Mittman was co-founder of the [[ICCA]] in 1977 and served as its first president, as well as editor of the [[ICGA Journal|ICCA Newsletter]] until 1983 <ref>[[WCCC 1983|The Fourth World Computer Chess Championship]] New York, New York October 22-25, 1983 A Special Event at ACM-83. ''The ICCA'' pp 19. available as [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/3-1%20and%203-2%20and%203-3%20and%204-3.1983_WCCC/1983-%20WCCC.062303061.sm.pdf pdf reprint] from [[The Computer History Museum]] (via the wrong labeled site [http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-431614f6c8af8 The 22nd ACM International Computer Chess Championship])</ref> .
=Photos=
=Selected Publications=
<ref>[https://dblp.org/pers/hd/m/Mittman:Benjamin dblp: Benjamin Mittman]</ref>
==1970 ...==
* [[Ben Mittman]] ('''1971'''). ''Computer Chess Programs (Panel)''. [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/3-1%20and%203-3.computer_chess_panel.mittman/3-1%20and%203-3.computer_chess_panel.mittman_etc.1971.ACM.062303021.pdf pdf] from [[The Computer History Museum]] » [[ACM 1971]]
* [[Ben Mittman]], [[Monroe Newborn|Monty Newborn]] ('''1973'''). ''[http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1045181 Results of the fourth annual U.S. computer chess tournament]''. [[ACM#SIG|ACM SIGART Bulletin]], No. 42 » [[ACM 1973]]
* [[Ben Mittman]] ('''1977'''). ''A Brief History of Computer Chess Tournaments: 1970-1975''. [[Chess Skill in Man and Machine]] (Ed. [[Peter W. Frey]]), pp. 1-33.
* [[David Slate]], [[Ben Mittman]] ('''1978'''). ''Chess 4.6 - Where Do We Go From Here?'' [http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/%7Eley/db/conf/jcit/jcit78.html#SlateM78 Jerusalem Conference on Information Technology 1978] 193-198 » [[Chess (Program)|Chess 4.6]]
==1980 ...==
* [[Ben Mittman]], [[Monroe Newborn]] ('''1980'''). ''Computer chess at ACM 79: the tournament and the man vs. man and machine match''. [[ACM#Communications|Communications of the ACM]], Vol. 23, Issue 1, [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/3-1%20and%203-2%20and%203-3.Computer_chess_at_ACM_79/3-1%20and%203-2%20and%203-3.Computer_chess_at_ACM_79.062303018.pdf pdf] from [[The Computer History Museum]] » [[ACM 1979]]
* [[Ben Mittman]] ('''1980'''). ''[[Edward Fredkin#Prize|$100,000 Prize]] Established''. [[ICGA Journal#3_1|ICCA Newsletter, Vol. 3, No. 1]]
* [[Ben Mittman]], [[László Lindner]] ('''1984'''). ''Third World Microcomputer Chess Championship'' (continued). [[ICGA Journal#7_1|ICCA Journal, Vol. 7, No. 1]]
* [[Ben Mittman]] ('''1989'''). ''Deep Preparation''. [[ICGA Journal#12_4|ICCA Journal, Vol 12., No. 4]] » [[ACM 1989]]
==2000 ...==
* [[Ben Mittman]] ('''2001'''). ''[http://ilk.uvt.nl/icga/journal/contents/content24-2.htm#CLAUDE%20SHANNON OBITUARY CLAUDE SHANNON (1916 – 2001): PERSONAL MEMORIES]''. [[ICGA Journal#24_2|ICGA Journal, Vol. 24, No. 2]] <ref>[http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/still-image/Mittman-Benjamin/Claude_Shannon_article_written_by_Ben_Mittman.2001.102665761.lg.jpg Claude Shannon article written by Ben Mittman]</ref>
* [[David Levy]] ('''2020'''). ''Ben Mittman – an appreciation''. [[ICGA Journal#42_23|ICGA Journal, Vol. 42, Nos. 2-3]]
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