Bram Jan Loopstra (1925 – 1979)
[ was a Dutch computing pioneer who worked at the Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam and then at Electrologica with Adriaan van Wijngaarden, Carel S. Scholten and Gerrit Blaauw. From 1956 until at least 1963 he was technical director of Electrologica.Nederlands eerste computerindustrie: van Electrologica tot Philips-Electrologica]
At his death after a long illness on March 22, 1979, he was adjunct director of the Philips International Institute.
[Obituary]
in Nieuwe Leidsche Courant, 23 March 1979.
At the Mathematisch Centrum he contributed to the ARRA (computer), ARRA I and II and ARMAC.
Selected publications
* Loopstra, B. J. "Logische synthese van rekencircuits." ''Stichting Mathematisch Centrum. Zuivere Wiskunde'' ZW 10/52 (Actualiteiten) (1952): 1-7.
* Loopstra, B. J. "The X—1 Computer." ''The Computer Journal'' 2.1 (1959): 39-43.
* Loopstra, B. J. "Input and output in the X-1 system." ''COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ACM.'' Vol. 2. No. 7. 1959.
References
Dutch computer scientists
1925 births
1979 deaths
Philips employees
University of Amsterdam alumni
20th-century Dutch scientists
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