Today in STEM History - November 4, 1952, UNIVAC mainframe computer was first used for predicting an election outcome. It was a pioneering example of data processing and predictive analytics, a precursor to the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in modern elections. National Science Teaching Association NSELA: National Science Education Leadership Association NCTM - National Council of Teachers of Mathematics IBM National Bureau of Standards American Association for Public Opinion Research (AA

In the late 1960s, when mainframe computing was evolving, interactive computing was being done with time-sharing because it was economical. But, says Xerox PARC’s Butler Lampson, that wasn’t how anyone wanted to do it. Everyone wanted an efficient, wo