Material related to the Conference of Department Chairmen on the Implementation of Computer Science Education held at the University of Kansas between May 25-26, 1970. Donald Cowan was invited to attend the conference but declined due to a scheduling conflict. Professor J.D. Lawson went in Cowan's place. However, Donald Cowan did provide input into the conference plans. This file includes related correspondence, notes, conference planning forms, a tentative conference schedule and list of proposed topics.

Slides featuring images of text and two maps used during a presentation likely titled, "Computing in Canada." The presentation appears to include an explanation of educational software and computer programs at secondary schools, community colleges, universities, and the University of Waterloo.

Mounted oversized transparences featuring photographs of computer labs in the Computing Centre at the University of Waterloo.

Slides featuring photographs of the Computing Centre at the University of Waterloo including the Red Room.

Slides featuring photographs of the Computing Centre at the University of Waterloo including the Red Room. Includes images of people working with computer equipment.

Slides featuring photographs of the Computing Centre at the University of Waterloo including the Red Room. Some of the slides also feature photographs of a lecture hall, a campus sign, the Mathematics and Computer Building, and several unidentified people working with computer equipment.

Slides featuring photographs primarily of the Computing Centre at the University of Waterloo including the Red Room. Many of the images include unidentified individuals.

Slides featuring photographs of the Computing Centre at the University of Waterloo including the Red Room. Some of the slides also feature photographs of a lecture hall, classrooms, and several unidentified people working with computer equipment.

Slides featuring photographs primarily of the Computing Centre at the University of Waterloo including the Red Room. Many of the images include unidentified individuals.

Slides featuring photographs of the Computing Centre at the University of Waterloo including the Red Room. One of the slides also features a photograph of computer equipment.

Slides featuring photographs of computer equipment and the University of Waterloo campus including the art gallery, swimming pool, basketball court, and theatre. Also includes portraits of Paul Dirksen and duplicate lecture slides used during presentations.

A typed manuscript titled, "Computer/communication networks in education" by Donald Cowan and T.M. Stepien. The manuscript is eighteen pages. The paper was intended to be published in the Encyclopedia of Telecommunications.

Slides featuring photographs of the Computer Science Group (CSG), the ICR building, CMAC, and HP.

Slides featuring images of text that were used during a presentation likely titled, "Computer science education, University of Waterloo experience."

Slides featuring photographs possibly of Computer Science Day at the University of Waterloo in 1967. Includes images of Dana Porter Library, the Physics Building, and unidentified individuals using computer equipment.

Two proofs for the book titled, "Computer science at Waterloo: a history to celebrate 25 years" by Peter J. Ponzo.

Slides featuring portraits of several individuals and photographs of people working with computer equipment. These images were used in the book titled, "Computer science at Waterloo: a history to celebrate 25 years" by Peter J. Ponzo. Also includes photocopies of the images that likely served as proofs showing how the images would appear in the published book.

A report titled, "Computer networks and generalized Moore graphs," by Donald Cowan, V.G. Cerf, R.C. Mullin, R.G. Stanton. This report was published as External Report 15 by the Computer Communications Network Group (CCNG) at the University of Waterloo. The report was also published in an an offprint from Proceedings of the Third Manitoba Conference on Numerical Mathematics, October 3-6, 1973, pages 379-398.

A copy of an article titled, "Computer networks : technology boon/moral and legal nightmare," by Donald Cowan. The article is twenty-four pages.

Material accumulated from the Canadian Bar Association - Ontario, Continuing Legal Education seminar "Computer law for the practitioner" held on Friday November 28, 1986 in Toronto, Ontario. Includes the contents of a binder given out to participants that is sorted into the following categories (tabs): Understanding the Basics, Contracts, Financing, Distribution and Marketing, Legal Protection, Software Escrow Agreements, and Tax Considerations. The first category includes an article titled, "Understanding the basics: an introduction to computer technology" by Donald Cowan and James Wesley Graham.

Slides featuring photographs of computer labs and the Red Room in the Computing Centre at the University of Waterloo.

Slides featuring photographs of computer labs at the University of Waterloo.

Slides featuring photographs of computer labs at the University of Waterloo.

Slides featuring photographs possibly of a computer expo at the University of Waterloo.

Slides featuring photographs of computer equipment at the University of Waterloo. Some slides feature photographs of unidentified individuals.

Slides featuring photographs primarily of computer equipment at the University of Waterloo. Some slides include images of students and staff working with the equipment.

Two original typed copies of a manuscript titled, "Computer education in Ontario secondary schools" by G.C. Bonham and Donald Cowan. One copy of the manuscript is thirty-three pages and the other copy is twenty-eight pages. The paper was published in the Proceedings of the first International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) World Conference on Computer Education held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands between August 24-28, 1970.

Slides featuring images of text that were used during a presentation likely titled, "Challenge of the 80s."

Material related to the development of an environmental information system. Includes a copy of the Centre of Information Technology for the Environment (CITE) University of Waterloo constitution, an article titled, "An information framework for environmental research and management" by Donald Cowan and C. Mayfield, and a letter of intent submitted on behalf of the research team of Cowan, Mayfield, Newkirk and Swayne to apply for a research grant under the Tri-Council Green Plan Program to support the research required to create a computer-based Environmental Information System (EIS).

A report titled, "CANDU reactor transfer functions" by Donald Cowan. The report is fifty-three pages and contains the following imprint: Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Nuclear Power Plant Division, TDSI - 27, Toronto, Ontario. According to the introduction, the "context of this report is the mathematical derivation of these transfer functions and the presentation of the open-loop amplitude and phase response for different reactor power levels." In 1960, Donald Cowan worked as a Research Assistant at Atomic Energy of Canada Limited. The report is stamped: "not for publication."

Material related to the development of the Canadian Universities Computer Network (CANUNET). Includes notes, correspondence often connected to the Utilization Subcommittee of the CANUNET Project, and a progress report on the CANUNET traffic study by T.A. Croil Associates. T.A. Croil Associates was retained to carry out a detailed study of potential network traffic and the file includes the survey used to gather data and related correspondence.

Material related to the development of the Canadian Universities Computer Network (CANUNET). Includes position papers, correspondence, a proposed list of personnel available for CANUNET, a list of experts at organizations that have expressed interest in CANUNET, notes, proposals, an outline of the benefits of CANUNET, draft copies of an agreement between the Canadian government and the University of Quebec to carry out a study to determine the feasibility of developing a network of computers by Canadian universities, and related items.

Material related to the development of the Canadian Universities Computer Network (CANUNET). Includes correspondence, particularly to various CANUNET committees, reports, a survey of universities by the Canadian Computer/Communications Task Force, a report on the design concept for CANUNET by Joseph B. Reid with comments from the University of Waterloo, notes, and related items.

Material related to a proposal with the Canadian International Development Agency to support a twinning agreement between the Computer Science Department of the Pontifical Catholic University (PUC) of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and the Computer Science Departments of the Universities of Waterloo and Toronto. Includes correspondence, draft copies of the proposal with notes and corrections, notes, two copies of a report titled, "The application of computer technology for development: report of the Secretary-General" published by the United Nations Economic and Social Council on May 20, 1970, and related items.

Biographical sketches, curriculum vitae, a personal data form, and a resume of activities prepared by Donald Cowan.

Material related to Donald Cowan's professional activities that may have been gathered to prepare a curriculum vitae. Includes documents related to a sabbatical leave request, a letter of appointment to the rank of professor, an outline of current research interests, and correspondence related to publications, committee work and job prospects. Also includes a copy of Donald Cowan's curriculum vitae.

Three copies of Donald Cowan's curriculum vitae (typed originals).

Three copies of an article titled, "Batch compilers for student programs on the PDP-11," by Donald Cowan, P.H. Dirksen, J.W. Graham, J.W. Welch, and T. Wilkinson. This article was published in the Proceedings of the Digital Equipment Computer Users Society, May 1976, pages 919-921.

Research materials created and accumulated by Donald Cowan related to automorphisms. Includes computer printouts, diagrams of graphs, and notes. Also includes an undated letter to Donald Cowan from Ralph Stanton, Professor, University of Manitoba, regarding a note from Derrick Lehmer with a mathematical equation. The items in this file likely pertain to a paper by Donald Cowan titled, "The growth of network cost as a function of network size."

Audio-visual materials created and accumulated by Donald Cowan, possibly for research and teaching purposes and presentations. Includes slides, negatives, transparencies, photographs, and audio-cassettes that are primarily related to various aspects of computer science at the University of Waterloo.

Slides featuring text, diagrams and illustrations that were used during a presentation on new equipment and techniques at the Annual Computing Centre meeting in 1969.

A typed manuscript titled, "An always convergent method for determining the zeros of polynomials" by Gerald Berman and Donald Cowan. The manuscript is twenty-four pages. This paper was presented at the Fifth National Conference of the Computer Society of Canada in May 1966.

A typed manuscript (photocopy) titled, "A UNIX and AIX primer" by Donald Cowan. The manuscript is seventeen pages.

Correspondence received by Donald Cowan regarding the manuscript, "A study of the package software industry in Canada: a report submitted to the Department of Industry, Trade and Commerce." The report was written by Donald Cowan and James Wesley Graham. Also includes notes and published articles.

Correspondence sent and received by Donald Cowan regarding the manuscript, "A study of the package software industry in Canada: a report submitted to the Department of Industry, Trade and Commerce." The report was written by Donald Cowan and James Wesley Graham. Also includes notes, published articles, one draft copy of the report that was returned to Donald Cowan from a reviewer, and related items.

Two copies of a manuscript titled, "A study of the package software industry in Canada: a report submitted to the Department of Industry, Trade and Commerce" by Donald Cowan and James Wesley Graham in August 1983. Both copies are sixty-eight pages.

A copy of an article titled, "A problem in coding theory" by Donald Cowan, L.O. James and Ralph G. Stanton. The article was published in the Proceedings of the First Louisiana Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Computing, March 1970, pages 167-180.

A typed manuscript titled, "A partial census of trivalent generalized Moore graphs" by V.G. Cerf, Donald Cowan, R.C. Mullin, and R.G. Stanton. The manuscript is one hundred and four pages. Also includes a photocopy of the same article, possibly from the source of publication. This photocopy is twenty-seven pages.

A copy of an article titled, "A network operating system for interconnected LANs with heterogeneous data-link layers" by Donald Cowan, T.M. Stepien, and R.G. Veitch. The article was reprinted by the Computer Society Press Reprint from the Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Local Computer Networks, October 10-12, 1988, pages 99-105.

Two typed copies of a manuscript titled, "A discussion of the concept of modules in programming systems" by Donald Cowan as well as C.J. Lucena and A. von Staa, Departamento de Informática, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Both copies (original and photocopy) of the manuscript are twelve pages.

A copy of an article titled, "A data-directed approach to program construction," by Donald Cowan and C.J.P. Lucena (Departamento de Informática, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). This cover page of the article notes that the research was supported by Canadian National Research Grant A2655. The article appears to be published by the Faculty of Mathematics, University of Waterloo.