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| Title: | Oral history interview with Allen Newell |
| Authors: | Newell, Allen |
| Keywords: | Computer history
United States. -- Advanced Research Projects Agency. -- Information Processing Techniques Office
Traub, J. F. (Joseph Frederick), 1932- .
Stanford University. -- Computer Science Dept.
Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Simon, Herbert Alexander, 1916-
Reddy, Raj
Perlis, Alan J.
Newell, Allen
National Institutes of Health (U.S.).
National Institute of Mental Health (U.S.)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Licklider, J. C. R.
Heilmeier, George H.
Green, Burt
Cooper, Robert S. (Robert Shanklin), 1932-
Computer science -- Research
Carnegie Mellon University. -- Computer Science Dept.
Artificial intelligence -- Research
ARPANET (Computer network) |
| Issue Date: | Jun-1991 |
| Publisher: | Charles Babbage Institute |
| Citation: | Allen Newell, OH 227. Oral history interview by Arthur L. Norberg, 10-12 June 1991, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. http://purl.umn.edu/107544 |
| Abstract: | Newell discusses his entry into computer science, funding for computer science departments and research, the development of the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University, and the growth of the computer science and artificial intelligence research communities.
Newell describes his introduction to computers through his interest in organizational theory and work with Herb Simon and the Rand Corporation. He discusses early funding of university computer research through the National Institutes of Health and the National Institute of Mental Health. He recounts the creation of the Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO) under J. C. R. Licklider. Newell recalls the formation of the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon and the work of Alan J. Perlis and Raj Reddy. He describes the early funding initiatives of the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) and the work of Burt Green, Robert Cooper, and Joseph Traub. Newell discusses George Heilmeier's attempts to cut back artificial intelligence, especially speech recognition, research. He compares research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford's Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and Computer Science Department with work done at Carnegie Mellon. Newell concludes the interview with a discussion of the creation of the ARPANET and a description of the involvement of the research community in influencing ARPA personnel and initiatives. |
| Description: | Transcript, 175 pp. |
| Permanent URL: | http://purl.umn.edu/107544 |
| Appears in Collections: | Oral history interviews
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