After gaining his Master Degree in physics in 1950 from the École supérieure de physique et de chimie industrielles de la ville de Paris, he became a professor at the Informatics faculty at Harvard University using Mark I, the first automated computer ever built.
Nakon magisterija fizike, 1950 g. na École supérieure de physique et de chimie industrielles de la ville de Paris, postaje profesor na sveučilištu Harvard služeći se Mark I, prvim automatskim računalom ikad izrađenim.