Johanna Piesch
Johanna Camilla Piesch , mostly Hansi Piesch , (born June 6, 1898 in Innsbruck ; † September 28, 1992 in Vienna ) was an Austrian librarian, physicist, electrical engineer and computer science pioneer.
life and work
After attending the Reform Realgymnasium in Vienna on July 5, 1916, Piesch received the school leaving certificate and the high school diploma. She studied physics and received her doctorate in Vienna in 1921. She then passed the theoretical state examination for insurance and in 1928 the teaching examination in mathematics and physics. She worked for the Austrian postal, telephone and telegraph service until her forced retirement in 1938. She was sent to Berlin , where she wrote her publications on switching algebra and is one of the first authors who dealt with the technical application of Boolean algebra . After her rehabilitation, in 1945 she became head of the laboratory of the postal and telegraph administration in Vienna. Until her retirement in 1962, she worked as a director in the library of the Vienna University of Technology in the Documentation Center for Technology and Economics from 1956 and worked with Heinrichsequence , director of the Institute for Electrical Systems at the Vienna University of Technology, on the history of switching algebra Austria. After her retirement, she worked in social work for another 30 years.
Publications
- Concept of general circuit technology . In: Archiv für Elektrotechnik 33, 1939, pp. 672–686.
- About the simplification of general circuits . In: Archiv für Elektrotechnik 33, 1939, pp. 733–746.
- Automatic shift system . In: OFT 5, 1951, pp. 2-43.
- The matrix in circuit algebra for planning relay-controlled networks . In: Archive for electrical transmission 9, 1955, pp. 460–468.
- Contributions to modern switching algebra , Conference in Como, 1956, pp. 16-25.
- with Heinrichsequence: The Austrian pioneers of the theory of electrical circuits . In: Elektrotechnik & Maschinenbau 75, 1958, pp. 241–245.
literature
- Ilse Korotin (Ed.): BiografıA. Lexicon of Austrian Women. Volume 3: P-Z. Böhlau, Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 2016, ISBN 978-3-205-79590-2 , pp. 2534-2535 ( digitized version ).
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Piesch, Johanna |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Piesch, Johanna Camilla; Piesch, Hansi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian librarian, physicist, electrical engineer and computer science pioneer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 6, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | innsbruck |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 28, 1992 |
| Place of death | Vienna |