Oral history interview with Robert Lee Simpson, Jr.

Simpson, Robert Lee, 1946-
1990-03-14
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Oral history interview with Robert Lee Simpson, Jr.

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1990-03-14

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Charles Babbage Institute

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Simpson discusses his education in computer science and artificial intelligence and work as a program manager in the Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO) of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Topics include: Simpson's data analysis work while in the Air Force; the work of Ronald B. Ohlander at IPTO; the DARPA contracting process; program manager interaction at DARPA; and the management of DARPA. 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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Robert Lee Simpson, Jr., OH 187. Oral history interview by Arthur L. Norberg, 14 March 1990, Arlington, Virginia. Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. http://purl.umn.edu/107633

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Simpson, Robert Lee, 1946-. (1990). Oral history interview with Robert Lee Simpson, Jr.. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/107633.

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