Browsing by Subject "United States. -- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency"

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    Oral history interview with Ettore F. Infante
    (Charles Babbage Institute, 1990-11-14) Infante, E. F.
    Infante describes his work at the National Science Foundation (NSF) related to mathematics and computer science. He discusses the separation of mathematics and computer science within NSF; various NSF computer science programs, predominantly the Coordinated Research Program and CSNet; the work of Kent Curtis; and NSF's interaction with other funding agencies, especially the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
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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 George H. Heilmeier
    (Charles Babbage Institute, 1991-03-27) Heilmeier, George H.
    Heilmeier describes his introduction to the Department of Defense as a White House Fellow assigned to the Office of the Secretary of Defense working in the Office of the Director of Defense Research and Engineering. Most of the interview is devoted to his years as Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (1975-1979). He discusses programmatic changes (including those pertaining to artificial intelligence), budgetary issues, personnel, and relations with management.
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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 Raj Reddy
    (Charles Babbage Institute, 1991-06-12) Reddy, Raj
    Reddy discusses his work in artificial intelligence (AI), especially speech recognition, from his graduate work at Stanford University through his research as a principle investigator on Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) grants at Carnegie-Mellon University. Other topics include: the interaction of researchers at the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, DARPA funding of AI research, the expansion of the principle investigator community over time, and the various directions of AI research from the 1960s to the 1980s.
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    Oral history interview with Stephen Lukasik
    (Charles Babbage Institute, 1991-10-17) Lukasik, Stephen
    Lukasik discusses his tenure at the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), later the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The interview focuses on the Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO) of ARPA. Topics include: the work of Eb Rechtin, the development of computer networks and the ARPANET, artificial intelligence research, the recruitment of IPTO directors, the effect of the Mansfield amendment--which specified research should be relevant to the military--on IPTO and ARPA funding, the grant process, and the development of ILLIAC. Lukasik concludes the interview with a discussion of the name change from ARPA to DARPA.
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    Oral history interview with W. Richards Adrion
    (Charles Babbage Institute, 1990-10-29) Adrion, W. Richards
    Adrion was program director of Theoretical Computer Science for the National Science Foundation (NSF) from 1976-1978. After a brief period with the National Bureau of Standards, Adrion returned to NSF in 1980 as program director of Special Projects in Computer Science. From 1982 until 1985 he was program director of Coordinated Experimental Research, and then served as deputy division director of Computer Research. For a short time in 1986 he was named chief scientist for CISE, and then left NSF to join the faculty of the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. Adrion discusses the development of NSF programs relating to computer science, particularly those programs in which he worked. He begins by describing NSF's funding of cryptography during 1976-1978 and its relation to the National Security Agency. He gives a brief history of theoretical computer science in the United States and NSF's role in funding that area during the 1970s and 1980s, as well as a description of the leading academic centers and personalities. Adrion recounts his work with the Coordinated Experimental Research program, which grew out of a concern to retain good faculty and promote experimental research at academic institutions. Other areas discussed include computer networks, NSF's support of CSNET, the role of Kent Curtis in NSF, and the relationship between DARPA and NSF funding. The interview concludes with comments about the position of chief scientist and Adrion's decision to leave NSF.