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[[FILE:JohnPasta.JPG|border|right|thumb|link=http://history.computer.org/pioneers/pasta.html| John Pasta <ref>[http://history.computer.org/pioneers/pasta.html Computer Pioneers - John R. Pasta] - [[IEEE|IEEE Computer Society]]</ref> ]]
'''John R. Pasta''', (1918 – June 5, 1981)<br/>
was an American computer scientist, known for his participation in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Project Manhattan Project] and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi%E2%80%93Pasta%E2%80%93Ulam_experiment Fermi–Pasta–Ulam experiment]. In 1952, at [[Los Alamos National Laboratory]], working under [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Metropolis Nicholas Metropolis] on the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MANIAC_I MANIAC I], John Pasta aided in the construction of an early computer that specialized in calculations around weapons design. John Pasta was head of the department of Computer Science at the [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]] from 1964 to 1970.
=MANIAC I=
According to [[John McCarthy|John McCarthy's]] [[#Quote|quote]], Pasta is considered as early chess programmer, co-developing the [[MANIAC I|MANIAC I chess program]].
=Quote=
{{Quote McCarthy on Alpha-Beta}}
=See also=
* [[History|History of Computer Chess]]
=Selected Publications=
* [http://history.computer.org/pioneers/curtis.html Kent K. Curtis], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Metropolis Nicholas C. Metropolis], [https://prabook.com/web/william_g.rosen/1420865 William G. Rosen], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshio_Shimamoto Yoshio Shimamoto], James N. Snyder ('''1983'''). ''John R. Pasta, 1918-1981-An Unusual Path Toward Computer Science''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_Annals_of_the_History_of_Computing IEEE Annals of the History of Computing], Vol. 5, No. 3
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Pasta John Pasta from Wikipedia]
* [http://history.computer.org/pioneers/pasta.html Computer Pioneers - John R. Pasta] - [[IEEE|IEEE Computer Society]]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi%E2%80%93Pasta%E2%80%93Ulam%E2%80%93Tsingou_problem Fermi–Pasta–Ulam–Tsingou problem from Wikipedia]
=References=
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[[FILE:JohnPasta.JPG|border|right|thumb|link=http://history.computer.org/pioneers/pasta.html| John Pasta <ref>[http://history.computer.org/pioneers/pasta.html Computer Pioneers - John R. Pasta] - [[IEEE|IEEE Computer Society]]</ref> ]]
'''John R. Pasta''', (1918 – June 5, 1981)<br/>
was an American computer scientist, known for his participation in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Project Manhattan Project] and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi%E2%80%93Pasta%E2%80%93Ulam_experiment Fermi–Pasta–Ulam experiment]. In 1952, at [[Los Alamos National Laboratory]], working under [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Metropolis Nicholas Metropolis] on the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MANIAC_I MANIAC I], John Pasta aided in the construction of an early computer that specialized in calculations around weapons design. John Pasta was head of the department of Computer Science at the [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]] from 1964 to 1970.
=MANIAC I=
According to [[John McCarthy|John McCarthy's]] [[#Quote|quote]], Pasta is considered as early chess programmer, co-developing the [[MANIAC I|MANIAC I chess program]].
=Quote=
{{Quote McCarthy on Alpha-Beta}}
=See also=
* [[History|History of Computer Chess]]
=Selected Publications=
* [http://history.computer.org/pioneers/curtis.html Kent K. Curtis], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Metropolis Nicholas C. Metropolis], [https://prabook.com/web/william_g.rosen/1420865 William G. Rosen], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshio_Shimamoto Yoshio Shimamoto], James N. Snyder ('''1983'''). ''John R. Pasta, 1918-1981-An Unusual Path Toward Computer Science''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_Annals_of_the_History_of_Computing IEEE Annals of the History of Computing], Vol. 5, No. 3
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Pasta John Pasta from Wikipedia]
* [http://history.computer.org/pioneers/pasta.html Computer Pioneers - John R. Pasta] - [[IEEE|IEEE Computer Society]]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi%E2%80%93Pasta%E2%80%93Ulam%E2%80%93Tsingou_problem Fermi–Pasta–Ulam–Tsingou problem from Wikipedia]
=References=
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