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'''Martin A. Belsky''', <br/>
an American computer scientist, early programmer and software manager.
He received a master's degree from [[Harvard University]] in 1951 and was hired by [[IBM]] in 1954,
as an experienced programmer in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service_Bureau_Corporation Service Bureau].
Along with [[Alex Bernstein]], [[Michael de V. Roberts]] and [[Timothy Arbuckle]], Martin Belsky was co-developer of [[The Bernstein Chess Program]] for the [[IBM 704]], which was the first complete chess program in history.
He later played a key role in the technical decisions that shaped [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS/360_and_successors OS/360] for the [[IBM 360]],
and in the development of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MVS MVS] virtual storage operating system for the [[IBM 370]] and subsequent systems,
and also coined the term [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_testing#Alpha_testing alpha/beta testing] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle#History Software release life cycle - History, Wikipedia]</ref>.
He left IBM for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burroughs_Corporation Burroughs Corporation] in 1982 <ref>[https://mitpress.mit.edu/authors/emerson-w-pugh Emerson W. Pugh], [https://mitpress.mit.edu/authors/lyle-r-johnson Lyle R. Johnson], [https://mitpress.mit.edu/authors/john-h-palmer John H. Palmer] ('''1991'''). ''[https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/ibms-360-and-early-370-systems IBM's 360 and Early 370 Systems]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_Press The MIT Press]. pp. 310, 311</ref>.
=See also=
* [[History|History of Computer Chess]]
* [[The Bernstein Chess Program]]
=Publications=
<ref>[https://dblp1.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/b/Belsky:Martin_A= dblp: Martin A. Belsky]</ref>
* [[Alex Bernstein]], [[Michael de V. Roberts]], [[Timothy Arbuckle]], [[Martin Belsky]] ('''1958'''). ''[https://www.computerhistory.org/chess/doc-431e18a41d415/ A chess playing program for the IBM 704]''. Proceedings of the 1958 Western Joint Computer Conference <ref>hosted by [[The Computer History Museum]]</ref>
* [[Martin Belsky]] ('''1979'''). ''[https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/762616 The technology of system management]''. [https://dblp1.uni-trier.de/db/conf/compsac/compsac1979.html COMPSAC 1979]
=References=
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'''Martin A. Belsky''', <br/>
an American computer scientist, early programmer and software manager.
He received a master's degree from [[Harvard University]] in 1951 and was hired by [[IBM]] in 1954,
as an experienced programmer in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service_Bureau_Corporation Service Bureau].
Along with [[Alex Bernstein]], [[Michael de V. Roberts]] and [[Timothy Arbuckle]], Martin Belsky was co-developer of [[The Bernstein Chess Program]] for the [[IBM 704]], which was the first complete chess program in history.
He later played a key role in the technical decisions that shaped [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS/360_and_successors OS/360] for the [[IBM 360]],
and in the development of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MVS MVS] virtual storage operating system for the [[IBM 370]] and subsequent systems,
and also coined the term [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_testing#Alpha_testing alpha/beta testing] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle#History Software release life cycle - History, Wikipedia]</ref>.
He left IBM for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burroughs_Corporation Burroughs Corporation] in 1982 <ref>[https://mitpress.mit.edu/authors/emerson-w-pugh Emerson W. Pugh], [https://mitpress.mit.edu/authors/lyle-r-johnson Lyle R. Johnson], [https://mitpress.mit.edu/authors/john-h-palmer John H. Palmer] ('''1991'''). ''[https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/ibms-360-and-early-370-systems IBM's 360 and Early 370 Systems]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_Press The MIT Press]. pp. 310, 311</ref>.
=See also=
* [[History|History of Computer Chess]]
* [[The Bernstein Chess Program]]
=Publications=
<ref>[https://dblp1.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/b/Belsky:Martin_A= dblp: Martin A. Belsky]</ref>
* [[Alex Bernstein]], [[Michael de V. Roberts]], [[Timothy Arbuckle]], [[Martin Belsky]] ('''1958'''). ''[https://www.computerhistory.org/chess/doc-431e18a41d415/ A chess playing program for the IBM 704]''. Proceedings of the 1958 Western Joint Computer Conference <ref>hosted by [[The Computer History Museum]]</ref>
* [[Martin Belsky]] ('''1979'''). ''[https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/762616 The technology of system management]''. [https://dblp1.uni-trier.de/db/conf/compsac/compsac1979.html COMPSAC 1979]
=References=
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