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'''Benjamin (Ben) Yalow''',<br/>
an American computer scientist, as a programmer long time affiliated with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_University_of_New_York City University of New York], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction_fandom Science fiction fandom] <ref>[http://www.panix.com/~ybmcu/ Ben Yalow's homepage]</ref> <ref>[http://file770.com/?tag=ben-yalow Ben Yalow « File 770]</ref>.
=CCCP=
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>.
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] ...
=From Columbia to CUNY=
Quote by Gillian Frasier from ''Aron Eisenpress, CUNY/CIS's Renaissance Man'' <ref>[http://www1.cuny.edu/events/fyei/fall_1996/eisenpress.html Aron Eisenpress, CUNY/CIS's Renaissance Man] by Gillian Frasier</ref> <ref>[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/computinghistory/index.html#ssio Computing at Columbia Timeline - May 1973]</ref>:
Kenneth King was Director of the Columbia Computer Center and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Fuchs Ira Fuchs] Manager of Systems Programming. These two got to know [[Aron Eisenpress|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 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_University_of_New_York 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.
=External Links=
* [http://www.panix.com/~ybmcu/ Ben Yalow's homepage]
* [http://www.panix.com/~ybmcu/links.htm Ben Yalow's random links]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalyn_Sussman_Yalow Rosalyn Sussman Yalow from Wikipedia]
=References=
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[[FILE:BenYalow.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=http://www.flickr.com/photos/morbius19/6111468726/| Ben Yalow 1979 <ref>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/morbius19/6111468726/ Ben Yalow 1979 | Flickr - Photosharing!] by [http://www.flickr.com/photos/morbius19/with/6111468726/#photo_6111468726 Morbius19]</ref> ]]
'''Benjamin (Ben) Yalow''',<br/>
an American computer scientist, as a programmer long time affiliated with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_University_of_New_York City University of New York], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction_fandom Science fiction fandom] <ref>[http://www.panix.com/~ybmcu/ Ben Yalow's homepage]</ref> <ref>[http://file770.com/?tag=ben-yalow Ben Yalow « File 770]</ref>.
=CCCP=
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>.
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] ...
=From Columbia to CUNY=
Quote by Gillian Frasier from ''Aron Eisenpress, CUNY/CIS's Renaissance Man'' <ref>[http://www1.cuny.edu/events/fyei/fall_1996/eisenpress.html Aron Eisenpress, CUNY/CIS's Renaissance Man] by Gillian Frasier</ref> <ref>[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/computinghistory/index.html#ssio Computing at Columbia Timeline - May 1973]</ref>:
Kenneth King was Director of the Columbia Computer Center and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Fuchs Ira Fuchs] Manager of Systems Programming. These two got to know [[Aron Eisenpress|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 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_University_of_New_York 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.
=External Links=
* [http://www.panix.com/~ybmcu/ Ben Yalow's homepage]
* [http://www.panix.com/~ybmcu/links.htm Ben Yalow's random links]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalyn_Sussman_Yalow Rosalyn Sussman Yalow from Wikipedia]
=References=
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