Browsing by Subject "Military research -- United States"

Now showing 1 - 4 of 4
  • Thumbnail Image
    Item
    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.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Item
    Oral history interview with John Day
    (Charles Babbage Institute, 2010-10-22) Day, John
    John Day describes his computer science education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, including vignettes of student life in the late 1960s and early 1970s and campus protests over work on the ILLIAC IV computer. A second portion of the interview gives highlights of his work on network standards-setting, including Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model and American National Standards Institute (ANSI).
  • Thumbnail Image
    Item
    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.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Item
    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.