Welcome to the home page of Dr.
Michael Robinson.
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be."
Thomas Jefferson
"I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone."
Bjarne Stroustrup, originator of C++ programming language
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray,
Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right
answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of
confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question."
Charles Babbage (1791-1871), designer of the first programmable calculating machine and the first general purpose computer
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Office:
Office hours:
(Jan. 23 through May 13, holidays excepted)
Exam week schedule:
Office hours:
Academic advising can be done during these times only when no students registered in the above courses are waiting. After May 21, I won't be in on a regular schedule until the fall. Please e-mail me for an appointment. |
Where is the final exam schedule on the university website? Here.
Interesting links:
Someone else's list of best free software
Babbage's Difference Engine No. 2
The Difference Engine in operation
The Difference Engine at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View
Computer History Museum Online Babbage Exhibit
Victorian 'supercomputer' is reborn
The life of a programmer: