Browsing by Subject "Computer science -- Research"

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    Oral history interview with Allen Newell
    (Charles Babbage Institute, 1991-06) Newell, Allen
    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.
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    Oral history interview with Arthur Grad
    (Charles Babbage Institute, 1990-10-29) Grad, Arthur
    Grad describes his work in mathematics at the Office of Naval Research and discusses the reasons for his move to the National Science Foundation (NSF). He recalls his early funding of computer science out of the mathematics program and the types of grant support provided to computer science research by NSF and the various military agencies.
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    Oral history interview with Bruce H. Barnes
    (Charles Babbage Institute, 1990-09-26) Barnes, Bruce H.
    Barnes describes his duties as a program director at the National Science Foundation (NSF). He provides brief overviews and examples of NSF's support of research in theoretical computer science, computer architecture, numerical methods, and software engineering, and the development of networking. He describes NSF's support for the development of computing facilities through the Coordinated Experimental Research Program.
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    Oral history interview with Frederick W. Weingarten
    (Charles Babbage Institute, 1990-09-26) Weingarten, Frederick W.
    Weingarten describes his duties as a program officer in the Computer Science Division of the National Science Foundation (NSF). He details the proposal review process. He discusses the impact NSF has had on computer science through improved facilities, applications, education, and support of research. Weingarten concludes with a comparison between the research support philosophies of NSF and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
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    Oral history interview with J. C. R. Licklider
    (Charles Babbage Institute, 1988-10-28) Licklider, J. C. R.
    Licklider, the first director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency's (ARPA) Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO), discusses his work at Lincoln Laboratory and IPTO. Topics include: personnel recruitment; the interrelations between the various Massachusetts Institute of Technology laboratories; Licklider's relationship with Bolt, Beranek, and Newman; the work of ARPA director Jack Ruina; IPTO's influence of computer science research in the areas of interactive computing and timesharing; the ARPA contracting process; the work of Ivan Sutherland.
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    Oral history interview with Jack Bonnell Dennis
    (Charles Babbage Institute, 1989-10-31) Dennis, Jack B. (Jack Bonnell); O'Neill, Judy E.
    Dennis describes his educational background and work in time-sharing computer systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The interview focuses on time-sharing. Dennis discusses the TX0 computer at MIT, the work of John McCarthy on time-sharing, and the influence of the Information Processing Techniques Office of the Advanced Research Projects Agency (later the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) on the development of time-sharing. Dennis also recalls the competition between various firms, including Digital Equipment Corporation, General Electric, Burroughs, and International Business Machines, to manufacture time-sharing systems. He describes the development of MULTICS at General Electric.
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    Oral history interview with Lawrence G. Roberts
    (Charles Babbage Institute, 1989-04-04) Roberts, Lawrence G.
    Roberts, Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO) Director from 1968-1973 and later chief operating officer of Network Express, begins by discussing his own research in computer science and the development of computing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Lincoln Laboratory. The interview focuses on IPTO and the Advanced Research Projects Agency. Much of Roberts description of the work of ARPA and IPTO is set within the context of his interactions with Congress on budget matters. Topics include: J. C. R. Licklider, Ivan Sutherland, Steve Lukasik, Wesley Clark, ARPA and IPTO support of research in computer science, computer networks, and artificial intelligence, the ARPANET, the involvement of universities with ARPA and IPTO.
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    Oral history interview with Patrick H. Winston
    (Charles Babbage Institute, 1990) Winston, Patrick Henry
    Winston focuses on his work in computer science and artificial intelligence at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and funding of projects through the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Winston discusses: computer science and artificial intelligence research, the work of Marvin Minsky and Seymour Papert, the Laboratory for Computer Science and the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT, his own work in the AI Lab, the programming language FRL, the changes in DARPA support over time, and the influence of DARPA support on project design.
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    Oral history interview with Robert E. Kahn
    (Charles Babbage Institute, 1989-03-22) Kahn, Robert E.
    Kahn briefly discusses his educational background and involvement with the development of ARPANET before focusing on the operations of the Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO) of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Kahn describes the development of computer networks with DARPA support and explains the process of contracting research at DARPA as well as the creation of DARPA budgets in detail. In this context he discusses the work of various DARPA and IPTO personnel including J. C. R. Licklider, Vinton Cerf, Larry Roberts, and George Heilmeier. This interview was recorded as part of a research project on the influence of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) on the development of computer science in the United States.
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    Oral history interview with Robert S. Cooper
    (Charles Babbage Institute, 1993-09-03) Cooper, Robert S. (Robert Shanklin), 1932-
    Cooper discusses his graduate education in electrical engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his interest in computer applications to approach problems in plasma physics. He discusses the types of research supported by the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), the Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO), and the Department of Defense (DOD) in the 1970s and 1980s. He mentions his move in the early 1980s from DOD to military space research at NASA. Cooper concludes the interview with a discussion of innovative technology in military and space research. This interview was recorded as part of a research project on the influence of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) on the development of computer science in the United States.
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    Oral history interview with Saul Amarel
    (Charles Babbage Institute, 1989-10-05) Amarel, Saul
    Amarel begins the interview with a discussion of his interest in artificial intelligence (AI) and his early research in the field while at Radio Corporation of America. He provides a brief overview AI research at Carnegie-Mellon University and Stanford University in the 1960s and his establishment of the computer science program at Rutgers University in the early 1970s. Amarel also discusses the relationship of AI to computer science. The bulk of the interview concerns the Information Processing Techniques Office's (IPTO) support of research in computer science and artificial intelligence. The primary topics of this discussion are IPTO and Amarel's recruitment as director in 1985, the importance of strategic computing, the creation of the Information Science and Technology Office (ISTO) and the budgeting process for ISTO. Amarel concludes with his thoughts on current directions in AI research.
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    Oral history interview with Thomas A. Keenan
    (Charles Babbage Institute, 1990-09-28) Keenan, Thomas A.
    After Keenan briefly discusses his education, he describes the Rosser and Pierce reports that he worked on that spurred National Science Foundation (NSF) activity in relation to computers and a networking grant that he received from NSF while at the Inter-University Communications Council (Educom). He discusses his work with Kent Curtis in the Office of Computing Activities (OCA). Keenan concludes with a brief mention of other NSF personnel who worked in OCA or related areas.
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    Oral history interview with Val Tareski
    (Charles Babbage Institute, 1990-10-15) Tareski, Val
    Tareski briefly outlines his education and recounts his decision to go to the National Science Foundation before discussing his work in the theoretical computer science program. In this context he describes the artificial intelligence orientation of the military agencies that funded computer science research and details the duties of a program officer. Tareski describes at length the proposal review process and the role of NSF in developing theoretical computer science. He concludes with some thoughts on Kent Curtis's management style.
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    Oral history interview with Wesley Clark
    (Charles Babbage Institute, 1990-05-03) Clark, Wesley
    Clark describes his research at Lincoln Laboratory and interaction with the Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO) of the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA). Topics include: various custom computers built at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; timesharing and network research; artificial intelligence research; ARPA contracting; interaction with IPTO directors; the work of Larry Roberts at IPTO.