The year 2016 was the 75th anniversary of the invention of the computer by Konrad Zuse, after whom ZIB is named. On May 12, 1941, Konrad Zuse presented the first fully functional digital computer, his Z3, in Berlin and the digital age began. ZIB celebrated this historic breakthrough by organizing a series of public events in which the computer as an instrument, computing, and digital science in general were presented in many of their fascinating aspects.
