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| Title: | Oral history interview with Edward Feigenbaum |
| Authors: | Feigenbaum, Edward A. |
| Keywords: | Computer history
Stanford University. Computer Science Dept. -- Faculty.
Stanford University. Computer Science Dept.
Stanford University. Computation Center.
International Business Machines Corporation.
Forsythe, George E. (George Elmer), 1917-
Federal aid to higher education -- United States
Control Data Corporation
Computer science -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Computer industry -- United States -- History
Burroughs Corporation |
| Issue Date: | 12-Jun-1979 |
| Publisher: | Charles Babbage Institute |
| Citation: | Edward Feigenbaum, OH 14. Oral history interview by Pamela McCorduck, 12 June 1979, Stanford, California. Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. http://purl.umn.edu/107283 |
| Abstract: | Feigenbaum discusses the formation and growth of the Stanford University Computer Science Department and its acquisition of facilities. He recalls how IBM and Control Data Corporation replaced Burroughs as the university's computer vendor because of the need for large-scale computing. He explains his effort as head of the Computation Center to centralize all university computing activities, and the failure of that effort in the l970s with the introduction of minicomputers on campus. Feigenbaum also details the department's financing, including government support (ARPA, National Science Foundation, Office of Naval Research), equipment donations from industry (IBM especially), and faculty salaries. Feigenbaum credits George Forsythe for the department's initial success in key areas such as numerical analysis, systems, and artificial intelligence, and hiring talented faculty such as John McCarthy. |
| Description: | Transcript, 22 pp. |
| Permanent URL: | http://purl.umn.edu/107283 |
| Appears in Collections: | Oral history interviews
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