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In 1970/71, at [[Columbia University]], along with [[Steven M. Bellovin]], [[Andrew Koenig]], and [[Aron Eisenpress]], he co-authored the chess program [[CCCP (US)|CCCP]], which competed at the [[ACM 1971]], and was initially based on [[Hans Berliner|Hans Berliner's]] program [[J. Biit]], which [[ACM 1970|played one year before]] <ref>[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/computinghistory/index.html#cccp Computing at Columbia Timeline - Aug 3-5, 1971]</ref> <ref>[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/computinghistory/elliott-frank.html#cccp Recollections of CUCC 1968-70 -The CCCP Chess Program]</ref>.  
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In 1970/71, at [[Columbia University]], along with [[Steven M. Bellovin]], [[Andrew Koenig]], and [[Aron Eisenpress]], Ben Yalow co-authored the chess program [[CCCP (US)|CCCP]], which competed at the [[ACM 1971]], and was initially based on [[Hans Berliner|Hans Berliner's]] program [[J. Biit]], which [[ACM 1970|played one year before]] <ref>[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/computinghistory/index.html#cccp Computing at Columbia Timeline - Aug 3-5, 1971]</ref> <ref>[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/computinghistory/elliott-frank.html#cccp Recollections of CUCC 1968-70 -The CCCP Chess Program]</ref>.  
 
Andrew Koenig on the individual roles of [[CCCP (US)|CCCP's]] programming team <ref>[[Andrew Koenig]] ('''1978'''). ''Light-Pen used in game''. [[Personal Computing#2_5|Personal Computing, Vol. 2, No. 5]], pp. 112</ref>:
 
Andrew Koenig on the individual roles of [[CCCP (US)|CCCP's]] programming team <ref>[[Andrew Koenig]] ('''1978'''). ''Light-Pen used in game''. [[Personal Computing#2_5|Personal Computing, Vol. 2, No. 5]], pp. 112</ref>:
 
  [[Andrew Koenig|I]] designed the overall structure of the program and coded much of the [[User Interface|human interface]]. [[Steven M. Bellovin|Steve]] wrote the [[Search|tree searching]] and [[Pruning|pruning]] routines, [[Ben Yalow|Ben]] did the [[Move Generation|move generation]] and [[Evaluation|evaluation routines]], and [[Aron Eisenpress|Aron]] wrote the part of the human interface that made it possible to [[Entering Moves|enter moves]] at a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_2250 2250 display] with a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_pen light pen] ...
 
  [[Andrew Koenig|I]] designed the overall structure of the program and coded much of the [[User Interface|human interface]]. [[Steven M. Bellovin|Steve]] wrote the [[Search|tree searching]] and [[Pruning|pruning]] routines, [[Ben Yalow|Ben]] did the [[Move Generation|move generation]] and [[Evaluation|evaluation routines]], and [[Aron Eisenpress|Aron]] wrote the part of the human interface that made it possible to [[Entering Moves|enter moves]] at a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_2250 2250 display] with a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_pen light pen] ...
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Home * People * Ben Yalow

Ben Yalow 1979 [1]

Benjamin (Ben) Yalow,
an American computer scientist, as a programmer long time affiliated with City University of New York, and Science fiction fandom [2] [3].

CCCP

In 1970/71, at Columbia University, along with Steven M. Bellovin, Andrew Koenig, and Aron Eisenpress, Ben Yalow co-authored the chess program CCCP, which competed at the ACM 1971, and was initially based on Hans Berliner's program J. Biit, which played one year before [4] [5]. Andrew Koenig on the individual roles of CCCP's programming team [6]:

I designed the overall structure of the program and coded much of the human interface. Steve wrote the tree searching and pruning routines, Ben did the move generation and evaluation routines, and Aron wrote the part of the human interface that made it possible to enter moves at a 2250 display with a light pen ...

From Columbia to CUNY

Quote by Gillian Frasier from Aron Eisenpress, CUNY/CIS's Renaissance Man [7] [8]:

Kenneth King was Director of the Columbia Computer Center and Ira Fuchs Manager of Systems Programming. These two got to know Eisenpress and had the foresight to encourage his curiosity. He was hired part-time to train the operators and then full-time as a systems programmer in 1971.
In 1973, King was hired by the City University of New York as Dean of Computing, with the specific mandate to create the new central CUNY computer center at 57th Street. He brought with him many of his Columbia staff - Eisenpress, Ben Yalow, Ira Fuchs, ... who made up the initial core of the CUNY/UCC systems group. 

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