Browsing by Subject "History of computing"

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    Oral history interview with Arthur L. Norberg
    (Charles Babbage Institute, 2006) Norberg, Arthur L. (Arthur Lawrence), 1938-
    This oral history briefly addresses Norberg’s education and early career at the University of California-Berkeley’s Bancroft Library and the National Science Foundation before shifting to provide detailed information on the origins and first two and a half decades of the Charles Babbage Institute (CBI) and Charles Babbage Foundation (CBF). Norberg was the founding director and longtime leader of the Charles Babbage Institute and discusses his early priorities with CBI, and its development as the premier international historical research center and archives repository focused on the history of computing. This includes discussion of personnel, projects, strategies, publications, relationships to other institutions (University of Minnesota, American Federation of Information Processing Societies, CBF, etc.), and other topics.
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    Oral History with Martin Campbell-Kelly
    (Charles Babbage Institute, 2021-10-25) Campbell-Kelly, Martin
    This is an interview with Martin Campbell-Kelly, one of the leading early figures in the history of computing. The interview discusses his upbringing and higher education, including his PhD under the supervision of Brian Randell. The interview discusses his career at Sunderland Polytechnic and the University of Warwick. It goes into detail about the circumstances of his various major publications as well as his work as a public intellectual. The second half of the interview discusses his interactions with and impressions of the various individuals and institutions in the United Kingdom, United States, and Western Europe associated with the history of computing in its early years.