Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting reminder, tomorrow, Wednesday, May 29, 2026 The Role of Code-Breaking in World War II

[Jerry Feldman]

When: May 20, 2026 7:00PM EDT (6:30PM for Q&A)

Topic: The Role of Code-Breaking in World War II

Presenters:  Chuck Oriss

Location: Online: https://meet.jit.si/blu.org

Meeting will be recorded, but not live streamed. Recordings will be 
posted: https://blu.org/video/

Summary:

The Role of Code-Breaking in World War II

Abstract:

It should be no surprise that your luck at poker will significantly 
increase if you peek at your opponents cards. What's true in poker is 
also true in war.s

Chuck Pross presents a short, non-technical talk on how cryptanalysis 
(code-breaking) helped shorten World War II by as much as two years, and 
in doing so, saved millions of lives. Much of code-breaking during World 
War II was classified until well into the 1980's, long after most of the 
history of that war was written, so much of it's role is not well known.

Chuck will share a brief history of the roles of codes and 
code-breaking, then discuss the significant events of World War II where 
cryptanalysis played a pivotal role in the allies final victory. The 
discussion will end with a short discussion of how today codes play a 
vital role in our modern society.

Bio
Chuck graduated from Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute as an Electrical 
Engineer and did graduate work at Northeastern University. He worked at 
IBM's Advanced Development Laboratories, General Electric's Ordnance 
Division, and at NASA's Electronic Research Center in Cambridge, MA, 
before being recruited by the NSA to do several years of classified 
development work. He returned to NASA, where he served as Technical 
Director for the Earth Orbiting Satellite Data Information System and 
retired in 2001.


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